Invasions of the British Isles While the governor Suetonius was pursuing a campaign on the isle of Anglesey, Boudicca, angered by maltreatment at the hands of the Romans, urged her people to rise up. They did, and marched on Camulodonum (now Colchester), where many former Roman soldiers had settled. The Romans in Camulodonum were massacred after a brief fight. Meanwhile, the Legio IX Hispana (Ninth Legion) had been sent south from Lindum (now Lincoln) to put down the revolt. It failed to arrive in time, and, when it encountered the Celts, was annihilated. The battle, however, may have enabled Governor Suetonius to arrive in Londinium
George Romans in 1903. He died at Bedminster, Somerset on 2 January 1946. George Romans George Romans (30 November 1876 – 2 January 1946) was an English cricketer. Romans was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Gloucester, Gloucestershire. Romans made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire against Somerset in the 1899 County Championship. He made ten further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Somerset in the 1903 County Championship. In his eleven first-class appearances for Gloucestershire, he scored a total of 318 runs, which came at an average of 13.62, with a high score of 62. This