'The Britons submitting to Claudius', 1773. Emperor Claudius, reigned AD41-54. ordered the invasion of Britain. ...the Romans met a large army of Britons, and captures the Catuvellauni king Caratacus in Kent. The Britons were defeated in a two-day battle, then again shortly afterwards on the Thames. After Samuel Wale (1721-1786). From "A New and Complete History of England, From the Earliest Period of Authentic Intelligence to the Present Time", by Temple Sydney. [J. Cooke, London, 1773]