What exactly happened during the massacre at Mona Insula?

by dotzen

From a video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/npwM2touF08

Relevant part starts at 1:24

Did it really happened like that? What's the background? Why did the druids did that?

commiespaceinvader

Hi there!

Could you please provid a short summary of the claims made in the video? A part of our users does comment while in an environment where it is not possible to watch youtube videos.

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dotzen

Points made in the video (along with my questions) edited as I go along because I'm on mobile:

  1. In the year that Boudicca was getting ready for her rebellion, Paulinus, Governor of Britain, marched on campaign.

  2. The went to Mona Insula in Wales because it a site of much importance in Britain and conquering it would be huge symbolic victory. (what did the Romans knew about it? I imagine a big forest, there wouldn't be much conquering of that?)

  3. Went they arrived, as they disembarked at the shore they were met with a crowd of druids dressed in black, chanting in their tongue. With them were a score of women armed with flaming sticks. They approached the Legionaries as started to scream like animals. This greatly confused them but Paulinus snapped them out of it and ordered them to charge.

  4. It was a no contest and the "druids" were easily defeated. (why did they thought of them as druids. What was a druid in a Roman's eyes.)

  5. Afterwards a surviving woman launched her stick into pile of corpses with lit on fire. At this point the Romans realized what they did wasn't a battle but a massive act of human sacrifice.

Why would the druids do this? What did it meant? Do we have a clue?