A succession crisis erupts at Cunobelin's court and his exiled younger son
Adminius flees to the court of Emperor
Caligula in Rome.[2]
40
Caligula plans an invasion of Britain but turns back before reaching the coast of
Gaul.[2]
42
Approximate date of the death of Cunobelin. His sons
Caratacus and
Togodumnus expand Catuvellauni territory into the
Atrebates, driving out king
Verica.[2]
Verica travels to Rome to appeal to Emperor
Claudius to help him regain his throne.[2]
Roman allies the
Iceni of
East Anglia are ordered to surrender their weapons by new Roman Governor of Britain
Ostorius Scapula. Some tribesmen resist and are quickly put down.
Prasutagus takes over as king of the Iceni at about this time.[2]
Prasutagus, king of the
Iceni (in modern
East Anglia), dies leaving a
will which passes his kingdom to his two daughters and emperor
Nero. The
Roman army however annexes the kingdom as if conquered, depriving the nobles of their hereditary lands and plundering the land. The king's widow,
Boudica, is
flogged and forced to watch their daughters publicly
raped.[7] Roman financiers, including
Seneca the Younger, call in their loans.[8]
A succession crisis erupts at Cunobelin's court and his exiled younger son
Adminius flees to the court of Emperor
Caligula in Rome.[2]
40
Caligula plans an invasion of Britain but turns back before reaching the coast of
Gaul.[2]
42
Approximate date of the death of Cunobelin. His sons
Caratacus and
Togodumnus expand Catuvellauni territory into the
Atrebates, driving out king
Verica.[2]
Verica travels to Rome to appeal to Emperor
Claudius to help him regain his throne.[2]
Roman allies the
Iceni of
East Anglia are ordered to surrender their weapons by new Roman Governor of Britain
Ostorius Scapula. Some tribesmen resist and are quickly put down.
Prasutagus takes over as king of the Iceni at about this time.[2]
Prasutagus, king of the
Iceni (in modern
East Anglia), dies leaving a
will which passes his kingdom to his two daughters and emperor
Nero. The
Roman army however annexes the kingdom as if conquered, depriving the nobles of their hereditary lands and plundering the land. The king's widow,
Boudica, is
flogged and forced to watch their daughters publicly
raped.[7] Roman financiers, including
Seneca the Younger, call in their loans.[8]