Editing Roman conquest of Britain (section)

==Crossing and landing==
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[[File:British.coinage.Roman.invasion.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Campaigns under Aulus Plautius and the British tribes]]

The main invasion force under Aulus Plautius crossed in three divisions. The port of departure is usually taken to have been Bononia ([[Boulogne]]), and the main landing at [[Richborough Castle|Rutupiae]] ([[Richborough]], on the east coast of [[Kent]]). Neither of these locations is certain. Dio does not mention the port of departure, and although Suetonius says that the secondary force under Claudius sailed from Boulogne<ref name="penelope.uchicago.edu">Suetonius, ''Claudius'' [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Claudius*.html#17 17] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120630034237/http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Claudius*.html#17 |date=30 June 2012 }}</ref> it does not necessarily follow that the entire invasion force did. Richborough had a large natural harbour, which would have been suitable, and archaeology shows Roman military occupation at about the right time. However Dio says the Romans sailed east to west, and a journey from Boulogne to Richborough is south to north. Some historians<ref>For example, John Manley, ''AD43: a Reassessment''.</ref> suggest a sailing from Boulogne to the [[Solent]], landing in the vicinity of [[Noviomagus Reginorum|Noviomagus]] ([[Chichester]]) or [[Southampton]], in territory formerly ruled by Verica.