Boudica
aliases
Boadicea, Boudicca
Boudica, formerly known as Boadicea and known in Welsh as "Buddug" (d. AD 60 or 61) was a queen of the Brittonic Iceni tribe of what is now known as East Anglia in England, who led an uprising of the tribes against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire.
Boudica's husband, Prasutagus, an Icenian king who had ruled as a nominally independent ally of Rome, left his kingdom jointly to his daughters and the Roman Emperor in his will. However, when he died his will was ignored. The kingdom was annexed as if conquered, Boudica was flogged and her daughters raped, and Roman financiers called in their loans.
In AD 60 or 61, while the Roman governor, Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, was leading a campaign in north Wales, Boudica led the Iceni, along with the Trinovantes and others, in revolt. They destroyed Camulodunum, formerly the capital of the Trinovantes, but now a colonia and the site of a temple to the former emperor Claudius, which was built and maintained at local expense. They also routed a …more
Boudica's husband, Prasutagus, an Icenian king who had ruled as a nominally independent ally of Rome, left his kingdom jointly to his daughters and the Roman Emperor in his will. However, when he died his will was ignored. The kingdom was annexed as if conquered, Boudica was flogged and her daughters raped, and Roman financiers called in their loans.
In AD 60 or 61, while the Roman governor, Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, was leading a campaign in north Wales, Boudica led the Iceni, along with the Trinovantes and others, in revolt. They destroyed Camulodunum, formerly the capital of the Trinovantes, but now a colonia and the site of a temple to the former emperor Claudius, which was built and maintained at local expense. They also routed a …more
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Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History—Without the Fairy-Tale Endings
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2013
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The Agricola and The Germania
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98
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Dreaming the Eagle (Boudica, #1)
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2003
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Dreaming the Bull (Boudica, #2)
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2003
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Dreaming the Hound (Boudica, #3)
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2005
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The Warrior Queens
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1988
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Dreaming the Serpent Spear (Boudica, #4)
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2006
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The Eagle and the Raven
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1978
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Doctor Who: The Missy Chronicles
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2018
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Powerful Women Who Ruled the Ancient World
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2020
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