Boudicca
At a glance:
- Series: Great Lives from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Royalty, Rulers, Nobility, Military History, Mythology, Folklore
- Subcategories: Kings, Queens, Kingdoms, Monarchy, Empires, Dynasties, Revolutions, Rebellions, Uprisings, Riots, Barbarians, Nomads, Roman Empire, Ancient Rome
- Curriculum: Women’s History, British History, Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
Article abstract: British queen and military leader{$I[g]Britain;Boudicca} Having endured flogging and the violation of her daughters, Boudicca led a rebellion of the Britons against the Roman invaders. The Romans were caught by surprise and lost three cities burned by the rebels before the uprising was quelled.
Early Life
Boudicca (boo-DIHK-uh) was born and grew up in Iron Age Britain, which was in the process of subjugation and colonization by Imperial Rome. Her place and date of birth and her parentage are not known; nor, in fact, are any details of...
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