Tacitus counts three ruined cities and seventy thousand dead, and gives the queen her chariot speech and her poison; Suetonius, in a single breath, counts 'two important towns' among Nero's disasters. Even the body count of a province's ruin depends on who is doing the remembering.
revolt of Boudicca
kind: revolt · 60/61 CE — the editor’s frame · 3 mentions across 3 episodes of the record — counted by the house’s first pass receipt — the deed shelf, first pass receipt — the witness index
The rising of the Iceni under Boudicca ('Boudicea' in the served translation), the sack of the Roman towns, and Suetonius Paulinus' victory.
Anchored at 60–61 CE on the editor’s table of years .
· 60–61 CE — date contested ·
60 or 61 CE — the Annals' year-boundaries here are compressed and modern scholarship splits; the bounds carry both years honestly.
Tacitus · one account
14.31–14.37 the principal narrative The provocations, the sacks, the last battle and the queen's end. The Annals · Alfred John Church & William Jackson Brodribb, 1876
First, his wife Boudicea was scourged, and his daughters outraged.Tac. Ann. 14.31
Boudicea put an end to her life by poison.Tac. Ann. 14.37
Suetonius · one account
39–40 in passing The revolt as one line in the ledger of Nero's calamities. Nero · J. C. Rolfe, 1913
a disaster in Britain, where two important towns were sackedSuet. Nero 39
Claudius — a candidate entry Agrippina — a candidate entry Cynic — a candidate entry Nero — 1 episode shared
logoi — the words
No door is cut to the word-house from this room yet. logoi.health keeps the words meanwhile.
mythoi — the stories
No door is cut to the story-house from this room yet. mythoi.health keeps the stories meanwhile.
The record here: The Histories, Herodotus — Godley, 1920–25 · Parallel Lives, Plutarch — Perrin, 1914–26 · 166 works · 12,119 episodes served