Storytime with the Snows: Boudica
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Tomorrow, We Face an Enemy Determined Upon Our Destruction
Buda's army was much bigger than roman army, so they found a valley where there were wooded sides. So as the british advanced, they would be crunched into this narrow valley. And therefore only the front ranks of british could get to grips with the romans. The big mass ofpearled behind them to wait their turn t try and fight couldn't go round the edges of the romans or outflank s. Paulinus, the night before the battle, said to his men, soldiers of rome, to morrow we face an enemy determined upon our destruction. If we lose this battle, we are marooned in surrounded
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