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If Boudicca won, would Rome return?

A Boudiccan victory would open a much larger counterfactual because Rome's usual response to defeat was to return in greater strength.

Question

How would history change if Boudicca had won?

Short answer

Rome would probably return with a much larger force, so the victory would begin a wider counterfactual rather than settle it.

Notes

A victory by Boudicca would begin the problem rather than bring Roman rule to a clean end. The decisive variable is whether Rome accepts the loss or mounts another campaign. Roman practice suggests another attempt. That return would require a substantially larger force, making the scenario suitable for a fuller counterfactual study.