Quote Originally Posted by Lyinginbedmon View Post
Anyone remember Ceasar?

Big Roman guy, wore purple, very nearly became Emperor?

Yeah, he tried to invade England, he was the first big Roman attempt to do so.

Wanna know what happened?

A large group of tribal Britons led by Boudica (Conceivably the "original" Britannia) fought him back and drove him and his surviving forces into the sea.

Without any national government or organisation, we fought back the Roman Empire. That's something to be proud of, I think.

Now, again, let's cut the political discussion before we get the thread locked.
There is so much historically wrong with this post.

First off, Julius Caesar never fought Boudica. He did, however, manage to bring Britain into the Roman sphere of influence, effectively making it part of the Roman Empire.

Secondly, Boudica's rebellion failed. And by fail, I mean epic fail. I mean outnumbering the Roman forces 20 to 1 at the Battle of Watling Street and then being routed easily. I mean experiencing casualties of 80,000 killed, versus the Roman casualties of 400 killed.

There are a lot of British military achievements. I don't believe that there are many against Rome.