What the records say
- When
- 50
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 52.55° N, 2.77° W
- Description
- final battle in Caratacus's resistance to Roman rule (50 AD)
Caratacus' last battle
Final battle in Caratacus' resistance to Roman rule (50 AD)
The final battle in Caratacus' resistance to Roman rule was fought in 50 AD. The Romans under Publius Ostorius Scapula defeated the Britons and in the aftermath captured Caratacus himself, since 43 the leader of armed opposition to the Roman conquest of Britain.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “En Bretagne, le Catuvellauni révolté Caratacos, à la tête des Ordovices et des Silures”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ордовики под предводительством Каратака разбиты римскими войсками Публия Остория Скапулы в сражении на реке Северн”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page