How is Boudica remembered in Britain?

Unfortunately feminist propaganda depicts her highly inaccurately. She is seen as a righteous woman warrior and leader. Nothing could be further from the truth. read more

This stems from differences in Roman and celtic relations stemming from the time of Boudica. The client state vs Roman occupation. Finally, Boudica destroyed the idea of Roman invincibility. For a time, Boudica successfully challenged the superpower of her age. read more

The crisis caused Nero to consider withdrawing all Roman forces from Britain, but Suetonius' eventual victory over Boudica confirmed Roman control of the province. Boudica then either killed herself to avoid capture, or died of illness. The extant sources, Tacitus and Cassius Dio, differ. read more

At the time of the Roman conquest of southern Britain Queen Boudica ruled the Iceni tribe of East Anglia alongside her husband King Prasutagus. Boudica was a striking looking woman. – “She was very tall, the glance of her eye most fierce; her voice harsh. read more