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But her triumph couldn't last.

The lightly-defended civilians of Colchester were one thing

But now she would have to face a disciplined Roman army

fully prepared for all that she could throw at them.

Sure enough, when the two forces met, Boudicca's，swollen and unwieldy army was no match for the legions.

Her great insurrection ended in a gory chaotic slaughter.

Boudicca took her own life rather than fall into the hands of the Romans.

Lessons had been learned the hard way, at least for some.

And，so when barbarians started attacking Roman forts in the north, the Romans knew exactly what to do.

In 79 AD, an enormous pitched battle took place on the slopes of an unidentified highland mountain,

Which Tacitus calls Mons Graupius.

The result was another slaughter

But not before the Caledonian general, Calgacus, delivered the first great anti-imperialist speech on Scotland's soil.