The Boudican Revolt proved Britain wasn't fully pacified, leading to brutal Roman reprisals. But a new procurator and Nero's envoy, Polyclitus, stepped in to end the violence. The Britons, however, found Polyclitus, a freedman, a laughingstock. An interesting turn of events after Watling Street. #Boudica #RomanHistory #Britain #WatlingStreet #Polyclitus From: Boudica: Death to Rome | Odyssey - Ancient History

Time Team investigate a pitstop along one of Roman Britain's most important roads, Watling Street. What they uncover gives a tantalizing look into what life must have been like for normal Romans traveling in Britain. | Odyssey - Ancient History

Take a look inside the new Masjid Salaam mosque in Watling Street Road, Preston, which was open to the community for the first time this weekend. | Lancashire Post

Battle of Watling Street (60 CE) — Discipline Defeats Fury Outnumbered, exhausted, and surrounded—Rome still won. In 60 CE, Roman rule in Britain faced its greatest crisis. A massive uprising led by Queen Boudica of the Iceni had swept across the province, destroying Roman settlements and slaughtering tens of thousands. Camulodunum, Londinium, and Verulamium burned. Roman authority in Britain seemed finished. Governor Gaius Suetonius Paulinus was returning from a campaign in Wales when the rebel