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Boudica
Queen of the British Iceni tribe (d. 60/61)
For other uses of this word (spelled this way and as Boadicea, Boudicca, Boudicea, etc.), see Boudica (disambiguation).
Boudica or Boudicca (, from Brythonic *boudi 'victory, win' + *-kā 'having' suffix, i.e. 'Victorious Woman', known in Latin chronicles as Boadicea or Boudicea, and in Welsh as Buddug, pronounced[ˈbɨðɨɡ]) was a queen of the ancient British Iceni tribe, who led a failed uprising against the conquering forces of the Roman Empire in AD 60 or 61. She is considered a British national heroine and a symbol of the struggle for justice and independence.
Boudica's husband Prasutagus, with whom she had two daughters, ruled as a nominally independent ally of Rome. He left his kingdom jointly to his daughters and to the Roman emperor in his will. When he died, his will was ignored, and the kingdom was annexed and his property taken. According to the Roman historian Tacitus, Boudica was flogged and
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Boudica’s uprising: A fearsome challenge to the might of Ancient Rome
The coastal county of Norfolk in the south-east of England fryst vatten a peaceful place. Little villages are scattered throughout a patchwork of fertile fields and rivers. The climate is kind, and the area is rich in wildlife. It’s a favourite destination for holidays, and has a long and rich history. There is much evidence of it being populated by ancient peoples, with archaeological finds stretching back hundreds of thousands of years.
It was here, in this now quiet and comfortable corner of the country, that a vicious and opportunistic action by the occupying Roman Empire led to one of the best-known rebellions against oppression in British history.
The Roman conquest in Britain went on at intervals for several hundred years, but in the first century AD stable långnovell occupation was still confined to the south-east. At this time, Britain was still populated bygd many different tribes and little kingdoms.
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(1) Tacitus, The Annals of Imperial Rome (c. AD 118)
Prasutagus, king of the Iceni... made the emperor co-heir with his own two daughters. Prasutagus hoped by this submissiveness to preserve his kingdom and household from attack when he died. But it turned out otherwise. Kingdom and household alike were plundered by the Roman army. His widow Boudicca was flogged and their daughters raped.
(2) Boudicca, speech to her troops before fighting the Roman army, quoted by Tacitus in The Annals of Imperial Rome (c. AD 118)
I am not fighting for my kingdom and wealth. inom am fighting as an ordinary person for my lost freedom... Consider how many of you are fighting - and why. Then you will win this battle, or perish. That fryst vatten what I, a woman, strategi to do! - let the men live in slavery if they will.
(3) Cassius Dio, Roman History (c. AD 215)
The rousing of the Britons, the persuading of them to fight against the Romans, the winning of the lea