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CAREER Little is known of Aulus Plautius's early career. An inscription reveals he was involved in the suppression of a slave revolt in and Rijeka at this time. Claudius appointed him to lead his invasion of and Gnaeus Hosidius Geta appear in Dio Cassius 's account of the invasion; Gnaeus Sentius Saturninus is mentioned by Eutropius , although as a former consul he may have been too senior, and perhaps accompanied Claudius later. On the beaches of northern being a Roman festival in which social roles were reversed for the day) and the mutiny was over. The invasion force sailed in three divisions, and is generally believed to have landed at Richborough in Kent , although parts may have landed elsewhere (see Site Of The Claudian Invasion Of Britain ). The Britons, led by Togodumnus and Caratacus of the Catuvellauni, were reluctant to fight a pitched battle, relying on instead on Guerrilla Tactics . However, Plautius defeated first Caratacus, then Togodumnus, on the rivers Medway and Thames . Togodumnus died shortly afterwards, although Caratacus survived and continued to be a thorn in the invaders' side. Having reached the Thames, Plautius halted and sent for Claudius, who arrived with elephants and heavy artillery and completed the march on the Catuvellaunian capital, Camulodunum ( Colchester ). A Roman Province was established in the conquered territory, and alliances made with nations outside direct Roman control. Plautius became Governor of the new province, until 47 when he was replaced by Publius Ostorius Scapula . On his return to Rome and civil life, Plautius was granted an Ovation , during which the emperor himself walked by his side to and from the Capitol.   Prev   Next Publius Ostorius Scapula   List Roman Governors Of Britain RELATIVES Plautius was a (probably distant) relative of Claudius's first wife, Plautia Urgulanilla . Quintus Plautius , who was consul in 36 , was probably his younger brother. His sister married Publius Petronius ; their (adopted?) son, Publius Petronius Turpilianus , was later consul and governor of Britain. Plautius's wife, Pomponia Graecina , after the execution of her kinswoman Julia Drusi Caesaris by Claudius and Messalina , remained in mourning for forty years in open, and unpunished, defiance of the emperor. In 57 she was charged with a "foreign superstition", usually taken to mean conversion to Christianity . According to Roman law, she was tried by her husband before her kinsmen, and was acquitted. Plautius was probably the uncle whose "distinguished service" saved Plautius Lateranus from the death penalty in 48 after his affair with Messalina . By the time Lateranus was eventually executed, in 65 for his part in a conspiracy against Nero , his uncle was probably dead and could no longer help him. NAMESAKES Three other men of the same name are known: Aulus Plautius, a Tribune who read a letter from Ptolemy XII of Egypt before the Senate in 56 BC . Aulus Plautius, suffect consul in 1 BC Aulus Plautius (fl. 1st Century ), probably the son of the conqueror of Britain, and allegedly the lover of Agrippina The Younger , who was raped and murdered by Agrippina's son Nero . REFERENCES Notes