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8 – Caractacus, the Home-Wrecker
This episode will cover the years 42 to 54 CE
The main characters will be…
Caractacus, leader of the British resistance and exiled king of the Catuvellauni.
Aulus Plautius, the general who took Britannia for Emperor Claudius
Publius Ostorius Scapula, a Roman governor of Britannia
Cartimandua, Queen of the Brigante
and Venutius, King of the Brigante
The Governance of Aulus Plautius is over and a new Governor is brought to command, and subjugate, the Britons. A brutal man named Publius Ostorius Scapula. But the British resistance was not over. Caractacus might have lost the fight against Plautius, but he wasn't defeated. The fight for Britain continues.
(History of Britain, History of England, History of Wales, Celtic History, Roman History)