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Tacitus Annals 14:38
The genocidal actions of the Roman governor Suetonius Paulinus in 60 AD,
slaughtering the Druid priesthood and humiliating Queen Boadicea of the Icini
tribe, had the unexpected effect of uniting the British tribes in slaughtering
the Roman Legions at Londonium. Julius Classicianus of Gaul was then appointed by
the Roman Senate to replace the Roman procurator Catus Decianus when he fled for
his life in 62 AD. Classicianus initiated a dramatic reversal of Roman policy by
quickly making a generous peace with the Icini after Queen Boadicea committed
suicide on the battlefield to avoid capture. He then submitted recommendations
to the Roman Senate, which forced Nero to recall Suetonius Paulinus “who was
relieved of his command for imposing discipline that gave offense.”
What history fails to record is that Joseph of Arimathea, the Arch-Druid of
Britain, was secretly negotiating a Roman Peace Treaty with the Roman procurator
Julius Classicianus, the essence of which was that Britain would join the Roman
Empire on condition that Rome allowed the British people to retain their
freedom.
What history does record, however, is the fact that the next three Roman
governors of Britain (Petronius Turpilianus, Trebellus Maximus, and Vettius
Bolanus) were gentle and conciliatory to the point of being indulgent during the
following years.