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In honor of Celticfest today, I'm reposting this post made last month. The Battle of Watlin Street where 10,000 or so legionaires of Rome slaughtered an army of over 200,000 Celts and Britons. They came charging en masse, faces painted, shrieking at blood-curdling levels, long swords that looked like WMD's, and a barbarian queen who wanted to massacre every Roman alive (with good reason). They even made fun of the Romans for using shields. Scary stuff but no match for legions who were disciplined, armored, and knew how to fight. The Celts were even nice enough to bring all of their women and children to the battle, which made it much easier for the Romans to kill or sell into slavery. Happy Celticfest.

Feel like being lazy and want something different to watch on a Sunday afternoon? The History Channel presented a pretty good show about Boudica's rebellion against the Romans in Brittania. She was a queen of a tribe. After her husband died, a barbaric Roman tax collector ordered her flogged and her daughters raped. Queen Boudica didn't take too kindly to his wishes and started a fight with Rome resulting in a full-scale rebellion against Roman authority. Most Roman cities were burned to the ground and several legions were wiped out. Good battle scenes and explanations of the tactics. However, Boudica in the end finds out what happens when a huge barbarian horde assumes it will crush a heavily outnumbered Roman force that is led by a competent general. Enjoy.



Its eight parts. After that, for some reason the battle scenes are under a different title. Its in three parts. Start with This link.