Boudica: Iron Age Warrior QueenBoudica, or Boadicea, queen of the Iceni, led a famous revolt against Roman rule in Britain in AD 60, sacking London, Colchester and St Albans and throwing the province into chaos. Although then defeated by the governor, Suetonius Paulinus, her rebellion sent a shock wave across the empire. Who was this woman who defied Rome? Boudica: Iron Age Warrior Queen is an account of what we know about the real woman, from classical literature, written for the consumption of readers in Rome, and from the archaeological evidence. It also traces her extraordinary posthumous career as the earliest famous woman in British history. Since the Renaissance she has been seen as harridan, patriot, freedom fighter and feminist, written about in plays and novels, painted and sculpted, and recruited to many causes. She remains a tragic, yet inspirational, figure of unending interest. |
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... Iceni 28 13 Distribution of the coins of the Iceni 29 14 The Iron Age settlement at Harford Farm , Caistor St Edmund 30 15 The Iron Age fort at Stonea Camp in Cambridgeshire 32 16 Possible tribal centres among the Iceni 34 17 The late ...
... Iceni ; Dr John Davies , Chief Curator at Norfolk Museums for assistance regarding Iron Age Norfolk and the Norwich Boudica Gallery ; Trevor Ashwin of Norfolk Archaeology and Environment for advice on Iron Age Norfolk ; Dr Rosalind ...
... Iceni . She led a rebellion against the Roman government seventeen years after the initial invasion of Britain by the Romans . We know that she lived through the first sixteen years of the Roman occupation of Britain and that she died ...
... Iceni it effectively lasted until Ad 60 to 61 , when the tribe was defeated and the territory annexed by Rome . From the mid first millennium Bc onwards , there was an increasingly complex series of developments within Britain.2 Iron ...
... Iceni . The existence of weapons and hillforts indicate that people did not always live peaceful lives . We do not know , however , how usual it was for communities to be in conflict during the Iron Age . The Roman writ- ers suggest ...