Article Id: At the beginning of the day Boudica commanded an army of 80,000 by the end of it she only had a few thousand. Unfortunately, Londinium’s destruction didn’t buy Paulinus much time and Boudica’s forces were hot on his tail. [17] He and Aulus Marius Celsus defeated Aulus Caecina Alienus, one of Vitellius's generals, near Cremona, but Suetonius would not allow his men to follow up their advantage and was accused of treachery as a result. So devastating was Boudica’s destruction of Londinium that modern-day construction workers are still finding the burned ruins of their ancient past. For if you don’t, the Death Ground will eventually find you. The Death Ground had arrived. )", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gaius_Suetonius_Paulinus&oldid=985168868, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 24 October 2020, at 11:12. While they couldn’t do much to the Romans, the Romans had no such issue and with their gladiuses, they began killing scores of barbarians. Yet Paulinus held three advantages over Boudica. He was replaced by the more conciliatory Publius Petronius Turpilianus. An inquiry was set up under Nero's freedman, Polyclitus, and an excuse, that Suetonius had lost some ships, was found to relieve him of his command. In what would become known as the battle of Watling Street, Paulinus positioned his men on a hill surround on three sides by impassable forest, thus ensuring that Boudica’s forces couldn’t surround Paulinus’s army. The terrace is lined with statues of Roman governors of Britain, Roman emperors and military leaders. Knowing the battle was lost, Boudica retreated and a few days later took her own life rather than fall into Roman hands. His eventual fate remains unknown.