Roman Britain
imperial freedman to overcome their fear of crossing the Ocean and campaigning beyond
the limits of the known world. They sailed in three divisions, and probably landed at
Richborough in Kent, although some suggest that at least part of the invasion force landed
on the south coast, in the Fishbourne area of West Sussex.
The Romans defeated the Catuvellauni and their allies in two battles: the first, assuming a
Richborough landing, on the river Medway, the second on the Thames. One of the
Catuvellaunian leaders, Togodumnus, was killed, but his brother Caratacus survived to
continue resistance elsewhere. Plautius halted at the Thames and sent for Claudius, who
arrived with reinforcements, including artillery and elephants, for the final march to the
Catuvellaunian capital, Camulodunum . The future emperor Vespasian subdued the
southwest,Cogidubnus was set up as a friendly king of several territories, and treaties
were made with tribes outside the area under direct Roman control
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