Boudica
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Boudica or Boudicca 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 her
Boadicea Haranguing the Britons (1793)
Boudica depicted as a Tudor queen in Holinshed's Chronicles (1577)
The statue Boadicea and Her Daughters by Thomas Thornycroft, near Westminster Pier, London
The History of England (1791), illustration by Francis West
Boudican revolt
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The Boudican revolt was an armed uprising by native Celtic Britons against the Roman Empire during the Roman conquest of Britain. It took place circa AD 60–61 in the Roman province of Britain, and it
Boudica
…Woman', known in Latin chronicles as Boadicea or Boudicea, and in Welsh as Buddug, pronounced ) 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…
Boadicea by Thomas Thornycroft, depicting Boudica with her daughters in their chariot as she addresses troops before the battle.
Bronze head, probably of Nero and struck from his statue in the revolt, in the British Museum