Britannia Rome's Invasion of Britain
In 43AD Aulus Plautius led the Roman legions to the edge of the known world: to the mysterious land of the Britons. TheEmperor Claudius demanded a victory; and what better way of doing it than to bring this savage nation under the Roman yoke.
Rome commanded huge armies of professional soldiers with the infrastructure needed to feed; transport; equip and command them. Opposing this mighty military machine was a mere patchwork of tribes and wild barbarian warriors. Refusing to yield to the conquerors; one man emerged as the champion of the Britons: Caractacus! Defeated in open battle; Caractacus turned to guerilla warfare: raiding and ambushing enemy troops on the march. No Roman could defeat him; in the end it was treachery that overcame the Briton's greatest champion: the treachery of Queen Cartimadua of the Brigantes.
It was another Queen of the Britons who; ten years later; led the greatest rebellion of all against Roman rule: Boudica; Queen of the Iceni. Years of resentment and oppression boiled over into a war that almost drove the Romans from Britain altogether; burning London and humbling even the mighty legions.
This then is the story of the Roman invasion of Britain; from the Claudian Conquest and wars of Caractacus until the defeat of Boudica and the destruction of the druids upon Mona. Included in this supplement is a map-based campaign game recreating the invasion; as well as historical scenarios covering the wars of Caractacus and the Boudican revolt.
A copy of the Hail Caesar rulebook is required to use this supplement.
