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Roman Empire

• Romans build the first London Bridge.
• Prasutagus, king of the Iceni, made a will. He left his kingdom to his two daughters and emperor Nero.
• The Roman army annexed East Anglia.
• Boudica, widow of Prasutagus, is flogged and then forced to witness the public rape of her daughters.
• Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, governor of Britannia, leads a campaign on the island of Mona (Anglesey).
• Boudica joins the British Celtic tribes in revolt, along with the Cornovii, Durotriges and Trinovantes.
• The rebels defeat Legio IX Hispana and destroyed the capital Camulodunum (modern Colchester).
• Boudica sacks Londinium (London) and Verulamium (St Albans). Thousands of civilians are killed.
• Paulinus returns and reorganises his army. The Romans defeat Boudica's alliance, and slaughter the defeated enemy.
• Nero has people explore the historical city Meroë (Sudan).
• The Rhoxolani are defeated on the Danube by the Romans.
• Vitellius is (possibly) proconsul of Africa.
• Herod Agrippa II rules the northeast of Judea.

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