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Who caused the most trouble for the Romans?

This is a microsite for Lesson 10 in the Romans series.

Did you know that the Romans invaded the UK in 43 CE. Whilst some people welcomed them, there were others that wanted them to leave.You can learn about 3 groups that resisted the Romans in this microsite.

Iceni

Picts

Silures

Iceni

Picts

Silures

Who were they?

Iceni

What did they do?

Picts

How did the Romans respond?

The Iceni

Do you know who this is?It's Boudica!She was Queen of the Iceni people and led them into battle against the Romans.

Silures

Who were they?

What did they do?

How did the Romans respond?

Who were they?

The Iceni people came from Eastern England, from an area that is now known as Norfolk. They had a King called Prasutagus and a Queen called .They were a very powerful group that was interested in metal work and horses. We know this because they made with pictures of horses on them.There were also pictures of female warriors on their coins which leads us to believe that women would fight alongside men.

What did they do?

How did the Romans respond?

coins

Iceni

Picts

Silures

Who were they?

The Iceni

Boudica

What did they do?

What did they do?

How did the Romans respond?

Iceni

Picts

Silures

Who were they?

The Iceni people used to live alongside and trade with the Romans as King Prasutagus had made a deal with the Roman Empire. When he died half of his land would be given to the Roman Empire, and the other half to Queen Boudica to rule.The Romans broke their side of the deal and when King Prasutagus died the Romans tried to take all of the land. Boudica tried to argue against this and the Romans whipped her in front of her people as punishment.This made Boudica very angry.When the Roman army was busy heading towards Wales, Boudica gathered her armies and marched to Colchester, London and St Albans. They destroyed all three cities and burnt them to the ground.

How did the Romans respond?

What did they do?

How did the Romans respond?

Iceni

Picts

Silures

Who were they?

As soon as the Romans heard about what the Iceni were doing, they turned around and went back to fight them. The Romans and Iceni people fought at the Battle of Watling Street in 61 CE.Boudica had around 11,000 troops, whilst the Romans only had 4,000. Despite the Iceni having a lot more soldiers, the Romans won. This was because they and used their shields to stay safe.Boudica died at the Battle of Watling Street, although historians aren't sure how. Some think she was killed in the fighting, others think she drank poison and killed herself.

stayed in formation

Who were they?

Iceni

What did they do?

Picts

How did the Romans respond?

The Picts

Silures

Who were they?

What did they do?

How did the Romans respond?

What did they do?

How did the Romans respond?

Iceni

Picts

Silures

Who were they?

The Picts

The Picts came from Scotland.They were excellent sailors and they could move up and down the coast easily in their ships. Most Picts were farmers who lived in small villages. They might have farmed pigs, sheep, cows, and horses.Some people believe that the Picts were very peaceful and tried taking their land.

until the Romans arrived

What did they do?

How did the Romans respond?

The Picts didn't like the Romans trying to take over their land so they started fighting back. Unlike many other native groups, the Picts refused to meet the Romans on the battlefield as they knew the Romans were well trained and would win. Instead they would pretend to attack the Romans and run away, letting the Romans think they had won. When the Romans felt safe and had let their guard down, the Picts would attack them again and win. By refusing to fight the way the Romans wanted them to fight, the Picts couldn't lose.

Iceni

Picts

Silures

Who were they?

What did they do?

How did the Romans respond?

Iceni

The Picts caused the Romans so much trouble that the Romans decided to build The wall runs from the West coast of England to the East coast, and was built to keep the troublesome Picts in Scotland and out of England.Hadrian's wall is an amazing 84 miles long!The Romans then also went on to build the Antonine wall further north to help keep the Picts out.

Hadrian's wall.

Picts

Silures

Who were they?

Who were they?

Iceni

What did they do?

Picts

How did the Romans respond?

The Silures

Silures

Who were they?

What did they do?

How did the Romans respond?

Iceni

Picts

Silures

Who were they?

What did they do?

How did the Romans respond?

The Silures

The Silures lived in South East Wales. They lived in and hillforts.The Silures were a sophisticated people who traded with many other groups and had horse-drawn chariots.It is thought that they spoke an early form of Welsh.

roundhouses

Iceni

Picts

Silures

Who were they?

What did they do?

How did the Romans respond?

The Silures didn't agree with Romans trying to take over their lands. They fought the Romans fiercly for over 25 years. They were so good at fighting that the Roman emperor said that the Silures had to be When fighting, the Silures would the Romans and use their horses and chariots to run them down.The Silures would take Roman prisoners, and give them to the neighbouring tribes as gifts. This helped to rally the tribes from across Wales against the Romans.

exterminated.

To be wiped out

ambush

Surprise attack

Iceni

Picts

Silures

Who were they?

What did they do?

How did the Romans respond?

The Romans built forts all over Wales to try and overthrow the Welsh nations, like the Silures. Examples of these are Caerleon or Caerwent. The word Caer in Welsh means fortress or fort.Caerleon was one of only three permanent Roman military camps in the UK. It was so large that it had its own and The Roman army needed to have a permanent presence in South Wales to try and overcome the Silures.

amphitheatre,

baths

military barracks.

Did you know that The Picts were given this name because they used colours to draw pictures over their bodies, much like tattoos today!They would also dye their skin blue to look wild and scary to the Romans.

Did you know?

The Silures used to go into battle with red painted on their shield and charriots. They believed that red was the colour that most represented war.

The colour red

Boudica

A Roman historian called Tacitus said that she had long red hair that hung below her waist. There are no pictures of Boudica so it is hard to know what she looked like.

Example of a roundhouse

Clive Perrin / Iron Age (celtic) Round House Cranborne Dorset

A handful of Iceni coins

Remains of military barracks in Caerleon

Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

An image of a Pictish man from a 19th Century book

Iantresman at en.wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The remains of the amphitheatre in Caerleon

The Roman Amphitheatre, Caerleon by Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

A map showing Hadrian's wall and the Antonine wall

Hadrians_Wall_map.png: Created by NormanEinstein, September 20, 2005derivative work: Talifero, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons

England

Scotland

Reenactment of the famous testudo (tortoise) formation that the romans would use in battle

Neil Carey https://www.flickr.com/photos/ncarey/, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Remains of Roman baths at Caerleon

Otter, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons