Boudicca (Boadicea)
Queen of the British
(died 61 C.E.)
She led an initially successful revolt against the Romans, who had taken her
country, raped her daughters, imposed severe taxation, and subjected
Boudicca herself to a public scourging. She was eventually defeated and died
by suicide, but not before she had given the Romans the fright of a
generation and caused the deaths of tens of thousands of legionaries. Recent
Celtic scholarship has brought to light further information on this truly
remarkable woman, which is supplemented by archaeology and literary
Celtic sources relating to the position of women, especially mythological
warrior queens such as the Irish Medb (Maeve).
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