The book works as both an introduction to Roman Britain and a rewarding wider history read. Its example from the Boudiccan revolt connects client kingship, extraction and rebellion rather than reducing the episode to a single story. The passage also sets Tacitus beside Cassius Dio, whose accounts attribute different motives and rhetoric to the uprising.
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Roman Britain through conquest and revolt
A recommendation for Simon Elliott's Roman Conquest of Britain, using Boudicca's revolt to show its accessible treatment of Roman rule.