+the rebellion led by queen boudicca took strength from the defeat of the ninth legion the iceni were
+joined by the trinovantes tribe as they setup on both londinium and verulam ium they razed the
+cities to the ground and desecrated our temples suetonius informed by varus legatus of the ix legion
+of the seriousness of the situation returned from subduing rebels on the island of mona and
+confronted the enemy at viro conium a she travelled back along watling street in his own words
+despite being outnumbered ten to one the bravery and heroism of our forces and my careful choice of
+the battleground and tactics ensured our decisive and glorious victory whoever masterminded the
+battle the enemy lost many thousands against just a few hundred of our own troops and agricola was
+left to secure the region acting with ruthless efficiency perhaps in part to at one for his guilt
+over the previous loss he supressed the rebellion boudicca possessed of the perilous ness of her
+situation took her own life cursing the ixth legion as she died but a battle is not a war and the
+true peril was about to be revealed a captured enemy spy revealed that they had be enable to
+decipher captured battle orders and communications which had been encrypted using the caesar cipher
+this device invented by julius caesar himself had secured military and diplomatic communications
+across the empire for decades it was no longer safe and neither were we suetonius s despatches to
+the emperor were careful to give himself the credit for the defeat of boudicca and left no doubt
+that agricola was to blame for the uprising the loss of the legions aquila was said to have
+encouraged the local tribes to rebel and it was hinted that agricola may also have been to blame for
+the loss of the caesar cipher what suetonius failed to reveal was that it was agricola who
+engineered the defeat of the tribes on watling street but if you wish to know the truth of that day
+then you will need to travel further to the isle of thorns
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