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1st century AD British Iceni king

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Long may she reign
Queen Boudicca of the Iceni

Long may she reign

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2024 32:35


Queen Boudicca of the Iceni is by far one of the most impressive queens I have ever read about. Boudicca grew up in a time before the Romans came to Britain, but in her adult life, she had to deal with constant Roman oppression against her pepole. When the Romans refused to honour the will of her husband and attacked her and her daughters, she called upon her fellow Celts. She started one of the most destructive rebellions that the Romans ever dealt with, all to avenge her pepole and her children. Join me on today's episode to learn about her remarkable story. This podcast is sponsored by Common Era Jewelry. Use code: AYDEN for 15% off your entire order. Bibliography “Boudica.” Accessed June 10, 2024. https://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/britannia/boudica/boudicanrevolt.html. Contributors to Wikimedia projects. “Boudica.” Wikipedia, May 6, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boudica#Background. ———. “Prasutagus.” Wikipedia, March 6, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prasutagus. Express, Britain. “Celtic Britain - History and Culture.” Britain Express. Accessed June 10, 2024. https://www.britainexpress.com/History/Celtic_Britain.htm#google_vignette. ———. “Iceni Tribe in Roman Britain.” Britain Express. Accessed June 10, 2024. https://www.britainexpress.com/History/roman/iceni.htm. Roman Britain. “Iceni Celtic Tribe,” April 13, 2021. https://www.roman-britain.co.uk/tribes/iceni/. Jacks, Lauralee. “Boudicca - The Celtic Queen Who Defied Rome.” History of Royal Women, March 3, 2018. https://www.historyofroyalwomen.com/boudicca/boudicca-celtic-queen-defied-rome/. Pruitt, Sarah. “Who Was Boudica?” HISTORY, May 31, 2016. https://www.history.com/news/who-was-boudica. Historic UK. “Queen Boudica (Boadicea) of the Iceni,” October 26, 2016. https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Boudica/. Historic UK. “Roman England, the Roman in Britain 43 - 410 AD,” October 25, 2016. https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Romans-in-England/. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. “Boudicca.” Encyclopedia Britannica, July 20, 1998. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Boudicca. English Heritage. “The Roman Invasion of Britain.” Accessed June 10, 2024. https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/story-of-england/romans/invasion/.

World of Martial Arts Podcasts
Boudica Movie In Depth Interview Jesse V Johnson

World of Martial Arts Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2023 43:52


Boudica Movie In Depth Interview Jesse V Johnson "Superbly crafted movie of Queen Boudica's epic fight back against the treacherous Roman Empire." BOUDICA is the bold, bloody story of the titular Celtic Queen. King Prasutagus rules over the Iceni people with his wife Boudica by his side. Prasutagus is betrayed and killed by Rome, leaving Boudica's kingdom without a male heir. The Romans seize her land, her property and abuse her and her children. Driven to the edge of madness and determined to avenge her husband's death, Boudica rallies the various tribes from the region and wages an epic war against the mighty Roman Empire. Starring Olga Kurylenko (Black Widow), Clive Standen (Vikings), Rita Tushingham (Last Night in Soho), (Harry Potter franchise) and James Faulkner (Game of Thrones), Boudica is written and directed by Jesse V. Johnson (Avengement). Director In-depth Interview We talked to the director Jesse V Johnson about his inspiration making the movie. Questions This is very different film to Avengement, Debt Collector, Hell Hath No Fury, How did you come to make this movie? Olga Kurylenko glows as the warrior queen did you create the movie with her in mind? Is there any sense that she is channelling the current war in her own Ukraine? It is beautifully, sumptuously shot with a definite nod to Gladiator in story and style was that intentional? You have an outstanding cast, (Clive Standen, Rita Tushingham, James Faulkner,) Nick Moran as the baddy is superb as the Roman general Catius Decianus. How did you get him to find his character almost wickedly enjoying the slaughter? How did you train the actors and choreograph the fight scenes? The Roman legionaries were impressive in their kit, did they come battle ready? How did you train the Britons to fight a shield wall? It is very different to a tank or RPG, so what was it like working a ballista into the fight action? Was the ancient sword that came alive in Boudica's hands a reference to King Arthur and the sword in the stone? The end fight scene has a Tarantino/ Peckinpahesque (Cross Of Iron (The Wild Bunch?)) violent glory, is that just me or were you channelling them? You shot in Suffolk. What was it like working on location on the earth where it actually happened? You're shooting in Italy right now… what are you making? What is next? "Every martial artist talks about stepping up in the face of evil, BOUDICA did it 2000 years ago" Based on legendary, historical events from 60/ 61 AD in a Britain barely conquered by the Roman Empire, the story of Boudica has inspired generations ever since. Boudica's battle speech "...Among the rest of mankind death frees even those who are in slavery to others; only in the case of the Romans do the very dead remain alive for their profit. Why is it that, though none of us has any money (how, indeed, could we, or where would we get it?), we are stripped and despoiled like a murderer's victims? And why should the Romans be expected to display moderation as time goes on, when they have behaved toward us in this fashion at the very outset, when all men show consideration even for the beasts they have newly captured?..." Recorded by Cassius Dio in about 200 AD, 140 years after the events noted in 60 AD. Availability BOUDICA is available on digital now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TỪ ĐIỂN LỊCH SỬ
Chân dung 5 vị vua cổ đại thay đổi cả thế giới

TỪ ĐIỂN LỊCH SỬ

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2022 6:05


Boudica - Nữ hoàng của phiến quân Vào năm 43 Công nguyên, khi Đế quốc La Mã chinh phục vùng đất mà hiện nay chính là nước Anh, họ đưa một thủ lĩnh của nhánh người Iceni thuộc bộ tộc Celtic - Prasutagus, trở thành người cai trị khu vực này. Thế nhưng, ngay khi Prasutagus qua đời vào năm 60, biến cố đã xảy ra. Người La Mã không chỉ chiếm đóng vùng đất của người Iceni mà còn áp đặt chính quyền cai trị của họ lên vùng đất này. Không những thế, chúng còn bạo hành Boudica - vợ của Prasutagus, và còn hãm hiếp các cô con gái của họ. Và đó cũng chính là một “nước đi” sai lầm. Uất hận và phẫn nộ vì thù nước lẫn thù nhà, vị nữ hoàng bị lưu đày này đã dẫn đầu liên minh các bộ lạc nổi dậy, cướp phá hai khu định cư của người La Mã và gần như đánh đuổi chúng ra khỏi hòn đảo của người Iceni. Thế nhưng cuối cùng, tại một trận chiến xảy ra vào năm 61 Công nguyên, Boudica và quân của bà đã bị đánh bại. Theo sử gia người La Mã - Tacitus, Boudica đã uống thuốc độc tự vẫn để khỏi bị bắt giữ. Sử gia Cassius Dio thì nói rằng vị nữ hoàng này đã qua đời bởi các vết thương do trận chiến gây ra. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tu-dien-lich-su/message

Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University Podcasts
Caitlin Gillespie's Boudica: Warrior Woman of Roman Britain

Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2018 19:56


New Books at the Heyman Center: a podcast featuring audio from events at Columbia University, and interviews with the speakers and authors. Boudica: Warrior Woman of Roman Britain By: Caitlin Gillespie In AD 60/61, Rome almost lost the province of Britain to a woman. Boudica, wife of the client king Prasutagus, fomented a rebellion that proved catastrophic for Camulodunum (Colchester), Londinium (London), and Verulamium (St Albans), destroyed part of a Roman legion, and caused the deaths of an untold number of veterans, families, soldiers, and Britons. Yet with one decisive defeat, her vision of freedom was destroyed, and the Iceni never rose again. Boudica: Warrior Woman of Roman Britain introduces readers to the life and literary importance of Boudica through juxtaposing her different literary characterizations with those of other women and rebel leaders. This study focuses on our earliest literary evidence, the accounts of Tacitus and Cassius Dio, and investigates their narratives alongside material evidence of late Iron Age and early Roman Britain. Throughout the book, Caitlin Gillespie draws comparative sketches between Boudica and the positive and negative examples with which readers associate her, including the prophetess Veleda, the client queen Cartimandua, and the rebel Caratacus. Literary comparisons assist in the understanding of Boudica as a barbarian, queen, mother, commander in war, and leader of revolt. Within the ancient texts, Boudica is also used as an internal commentator on the failures of the emperor Nero, and her revolt epitomizes ongoing conflicts of gender and power at the end of the Juilio-Claudian era. Both literary and archaeological sources point towards broader issues inherent in the clash between Roman and native cultures. Boudica's unique ability to unify disparate groups of Britons cemented her place in the history of Roman Britain. While details of her life remain elusive, her literary character still has more to say.

Zaczepieni
Poduchowy łupieżca, czyli zaczepieni 050

Zaczepieni

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2018 59:51


„Była bardzo wysoka i wyglądała groźnie. Patrzyła srogo, a mówiła ochryple. Wspaniałe włosy bujnie spływały na jej biodra. Do ubioru − niezmiennie nosiła wspaniałą złotą kolię wokół szyi i wielobarwną tunikę. Na tym gruby płaszcz spięty broszą. Gdy przemawiała, chwytała włócznię, aby jeszcze bardziej przestraszyć patrzących.” ~ Kasjusz Dion Kokcejanus "Historia rzymska" 62, 2 Kiedy dowiedziałem się o istnieniu takiej władczyni, żołnierza i generała jak Boudicca byłem [Maciej, dop. Maciej] szczerze zaskoczony, ponieważ nigdy o niej nie słyszałem. Ani na lekcjach historii, ani z książek, czy rozmów ze znajomymi. Ba, postać ta pojawia się nawet w grach komputerowych, a mimo to wciąż moja droga z królową Icenów, czyli plemienia Brytów ze wschodnią części Brytanii w I wieku naszej ery, nie miała się okazji skrzyżować. Tak się składa, że identycznie nazywa się łódź naszego gościa, z którym przeprowadzamy wywiad w tym jubileuszowym, pięćdziesiątym odcinku. I stąd dowiedziałem się, że postać taka naprawdę istniała. Ale czemu akurat ta Pani miałaby być tak interesująca. Jak już wcześniej pisałem przez całe moje doczesne życie nie spotkałem się z jej sylwetką, w sumie, nigdzie. Aż do pewnego wrześniowego weekendu. W samym podkaście usłyszycie co nieco na temat Boudicci, ale bardziej w kontekście przeprowadzanego wywiadu. Postaram się wam przybliżyć jej postać przed przesłuchaniem odcinka, żebyście mieli fajniejszy i pełniejszy kontekst. Boudicca żyła w I wieku naszej ery, jak donoszą historycy, między 22 a 61 rokiem. Jej mężem był Prasutagus, który był królem Icenów. Po inwazji Rzymian na Brytanię sprzymierzył się On w 43 roku z najeźdźcą licząc na dobrobyt swojej rodziny i bezpieczeństwo swoich poddanych. Nie miał syna, za to dwie córki, dlatego w testamencie zapisał swoje królestwo na Rzym i córki, co miało zapobiec popadnięciu jego familii w ubóstwo po jego śmierci. Umowa z Rzymianami była taka, że najeźdźca zabiera terytoria a z jego rodziny robi prowincjonalną arystokrację, która miała utrzymywać się z podatków. Niestety Catus Decianus, prokurator Brytanii, okazał się być kawałem skur… kowańca i po śmierci Prastagusa uznał, że nie ma powodów, dla których miałby przestrzegać testament zmarłego i nakazał konkwistę całego majątku męża Boudicci. Do tego nakazał publiczny gwałt na jego córkach, ponieważ obecne prawo zabraniało kobietom niebędącym dziewicami na małżeństwo z mężczyznami pochodzącymi z tego samego, albo wyższego, stanu. Co automatycznie wykluczyło obie dziewczyny z jakichkolwiek praw do tronu. Zrozpaczona Boudicca postanowiła działać. Skracając całą historię, zjednoczyła plemiona południowej i zachodniej Brytanii, a następnie rozpoczęła krwawy przemarsz przez Brytanię stawiając opór wszystkim Rzymskim legionom, jakie stanęły jej na drodze. Niestety, najprawdopodobniej oprawcy jej córek udało się zbiec z Brytanii zanim Boudicca po niego przyszła, ale powstanie na dobre zaczęło się rozkręcać i zbierać coraz gęstsze żniwo rzymskich żyć. Rzym postanowił nie pozostawać bierny w tej sytuacji i wysłał większe wojska, które miały powstrzymać armię dzielnej królowej. Decydujące miejsce starcia obu armii nie jest znane, ale ze względu na ukształtowanie terenu, jakim był wąwóz, wojsko Boudicci nie miało większych szans z dobrze wyszkolonymi i wyposażonymi zastępami Rzymian. Armia Swetoniusza Paulinusa straciła w tej bitwie 400 ludzi. Brytów zginęło 80000 (włącznie z cywilami). Los Boudicci i jej córek również jest nieznany. Różne źródła podają, że albo wzięły truciznę, albo padły ofiarami epidemii. Pamięć o niej w popkulturze jednak jest wciąż żywa i można ją spotkać w grach, filmach i poematach. Prędzej, czy później, tak jak ja, na pewno natrafilibyście na jej postać. Zapraszamy do wysłuchania 50 odcinak naszego podkastu, w którym poznacie fascynującą historię galara o wdzięcznej nazwie Boudicca, na którym mieliśmy przyjemność nagrywać ten odcinek. Bawmy się! Więcej o Galarze tutaj: https://www.facebook.com/galarnicy/

Time and Tune
3. Boudicca!

Time and Tune

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2017 19:19


Back at the end of the Iron Age Wife of Prasutagus, fierce with rage Leads the Iceni with angry shout Wants to drive the Romans out Tribal warrior, Celtic Queen Fiercer than Romans had ever seen BOUDICCA! Metal-torc and bright-red hair Tattooed skin and angry glare Horses thundering, chariot-ride Thousands of warriors by her side Attacks three cities with sparks of fire Burns them into a funeral-pyre BOUDICCA! [instrumental verse with body-percussion and percussion - to evoke iron, galloping horses, chariots, and war-shouts] Back at the end of the Iron Age Wife of Prasutagus, fierce with rage Leads the Iceni with angry shout Wants to drive the Romans out Tribal warrior, Celtic Queen Fiercer than Romans had ever seen BOUDICCA! Boudicca! Boudicca! Boudicca! Boudicca! BOUDICCA!

5 of the Best
Women

5 of the Best

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2015 26:47


Joan of Arc   Born 6 January, c. 1412[1]Domrémy,      Joan of Arc        nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans" (French: La Pucelle d'Orléans), is considered a heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint.    Joan was the daughter of Jacques d'Arc and Isabelle Romée[23] in Domrémy, a village which was then in the French part of the duchy of Bar.[24] Joan's parents owned about 50 acres (20 hectares) of land and her father supplemented his farming work with a minor position as a village official,    She later testified that she experienced her first vision in 1425 at the age of 13, when she was in her "father's garden"[26] and saw visions of figures she identified as Saint Michael, Saint Catherine, and Saint Margaret, who told her to drive out the English and bring the Dauphin to Reims for his coronation       In 1418, Paris was taken by the Burgundians, who massacred the Count of Armagnac and about 2,500 of his followers.[16] The future French king,Charles VII, assumed the title of Dauphin – the heir to the throne – at the age of fourteen, after all four of his older brothers had died in succession.[1           "... the Maiden lets you know that here, in eight days, she has chased the English out of all the places they held on the river Loire by attack or other means: they are dead or prisoners or discouraged in battle.    The sudden victory at Orléans also led to many proposals for further offensive action. Joan persuaded Charles VII to allow her to accompany the army with Duke John II of Alençon, and she gained royal permission for her plan to recapture nearby bridges along the Loire as a prelude to an advance on Reims and the coronation of Charles VII.      Joan Arc song CBBC: Horrible Histories - Joan of Arc Song - YouTube         Boudica Died circa AD 60 or 61, Britannia   Boudica was a striking looking woman. - "She was very tall, the glance of her eye most fierce; her voice harsh. A great mass of the reddest hair fell down to her hips. Her appearance was terrifying     Boudica's husband Prasutagus was ruler of the Iceni tribe. He ruled as a nominally independent ally of Rome and left his kingdom       when he died  Boudica was flogged, her daughters were raped, and Roman financiers called in their loans.           In 60 or 61 AD, while the Roman governor Gaius Suetonius Paullinus was leading a campaign in North Wales, the Iceni rebelled. Members of other tribes joined them   The Iceni warriors managed to destroy Camulodunum (Colchester) they also defeated the Roman IX Legion. Hearing the news, Paullinus rushed back from Wales and set about evacuating Londinium (London). He guessed (correctly) that it would be the Britons next target. Boudicca and her army destroyed Londinium and then attacked Verulamium (St Albans), destroying that city too. Some people believe that more than 70,000 people were killed in the attacks on Camulodunum,    The Roman army in Britain regrouped in the Midlands and finally defeated the Britons in the Battle of Watling Street.     Roman cavalry was released which promptly encircled the enemy and began their slaughter from the rear. Seemingly mad with blood lust, Tacitus records that 80,000 Britons; men, women and children, were killed. The Roman losses amounted to 400 dead with a slightly larger number wounded.   Boudica was not killed in the battle but took poison rather than be taken alive by the Romans.   Alfred Lord Tennyson, the Victorian poet, wrote a poem called Boadicea, and Prince Albert commissioned Thomas Thornycroft to create a statue of Boudicca and her daughters riding a war chariot. The sculpture was finished in 1905 and it is situated close to the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Bridge. Boud Horrible Histories - Boudicca - YouTube     Eva Perón   Born out of wedlock, Eva, commonly known as Evita, left school when she was 16 and went to Buenos Aires to pursue her dream of becoming a star.     Juan Duarte, a wealthy rancher from nearbyChivilcoy, already had a wife and family there. During this time period in rural Argentina, it was not uncommon to see a wealthy male with multiple families.[13] However, the lack of legitimacy for Juana and her children would still leave them stigmatized and rejected. Referred to as "bastards", the family was somewhat isolated     Soon after, Juana moved her children to a one-room apartment in Junín. To pay the rent on their single-roomed home, mother and daughters took up jobs as cooks in the houses of the localestancias.    In 1934, at the age of 15, Eva escaped her poverty-stricken village when, according to popular myth, she ran off with a young musician to the nation's capital of Buenos Aires.     She found a job on one of the radio stations and remained there until, in 1943, she met Juan Peron, the Secretary of Labour and Social Welfare, who had ambitions to be president, and was working with the Argentine workers to support this bid       Peron stood in the presidential elections in 1946 and Evita was an active campaigner by his side, an unprecedented occurrence in Argentine politics.       On 21 October 1945, Evita and Juan were married.   Peron was duly elected and Evita CONTINUED to play an active role. She kept her promise to the working classes and took such an interest that, in everything but name, she became the Secretary of Labour, supporting higher wages and greater social welfare benefits.     Cleopatra   (presumably) Born 69 BCAlexandria, Egypt Died 12 August 30 BC (aged 39)Alexandria, Egypt Cleopatra was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, a family of Macedonian Greek[2] origin that ruled Egypt afterAlexander the Great's death    Ptolemy XII died in March 51 BC, thus by his will making the 18-year-old Cleopatra and her brother, the 10-year-old Ptolemy XIII joint monarchs. The first three years of their reign were difficult, due to economic failures, famine, deficient floods of the Nile, and political conflicts. Although Cleopatra was married to her young brother, she quickly made it clear that she had no intention of SHARING power with him     Cleopatra dropped Ptolemy's name from official documents and her face appeared alone on coins, which went against Ptolemaic tradition of female rulers being subordinate to male co-rulers. In 50 BC Cleopatra came into a serious conflict with the Gabiniani, p        Cleopatra's younger brother Ptolemy XIII became sole ruler.[11] She tried to raise a rebellion around Pelusium, but was soon forced to flee with her only remaining sister,Arsinoë.[12]     Eager to take advantage of Julius Caesar's anger toward Ptolemy, Cleopatra had herself smuggled secretly into the palace to meet with Caesar.   Caesar restored Cleopatra to her throne, with another younger brother Ptolemy XIV as her new co-ruler.[17][18 She became Caesar’s mistress, and nine months after their first meeting, in 47 BC, Cleopatra gave birth to their son, Ptolemy Caesar, nicknamed Caesarion, which means "little Caesar."         Horrible Histories Awful Egyptians: Cleopatra's beauty regime. "Historical Hospital": Dr Isis - YouTube   Caesar Special_News of the Roman Empire World - YouTube Horrible Histories Julius Caesar' Romeover, Bob Hale's Roman Britain Report - YouTube

Keys of the Kingdom
12/7/13: More on the Mark

Keys of the Kingdom

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2013 115:00


Society gets itself in trouble; 3 generations for families, average (for what?); Who to believe; "Religion" controlled by civil government; 1st-Century Christians doing something different; Temples (think: civil government's religious buildings[?!]); Same problem faces world today; Progressive Socialism; Walking 'round the elephant; Way down the path; "Pure religion" is simple; Giving vs love (passion for righteousness); Can you name Jesus' "weightier matters"; What to expect to see in last days; Creating bonds necessary for a free/broad society; Tested and tried ; Who's the Anti-Christ (doesn't really matters so much as...); When faith in piety perishes...; Church used to be the social welfare for the people; The Early-Church and the landscape of that time; Schemes; Piety maintains society; Take-up the way of Christ; "Testimony of the Twelve Patriarchs" quotes; Original canonical books hand-written; Translators had tremendous power; Conforming and belonging to Christ; "Looking Through the Looking Glass" quote; Understand history; What conquers us (greatest destroyers...); If you want to save society...; Covetousness leads to idols; The "ultimate prepper" solution; Example of Prasutagus and Boudica from that time; Turning people into "bread"; "Covetous practices, cursed children"; Sabbath not about a day[?]; Massive debt upon birth; Repentance makes a place in us for "Mark of God"; When the middle class is gone...; Consequences of covetousness; Pandemic taxes and welfare; Scribes (accountants); Herod's baptism into his "kingdom of god"; "Stamps"/"badges" used for numbering back then... what now?; Peace on your house.

In Our Time
Boudica

In Our Time

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2010 42:08


Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and mythologisation of Boudica.On the eve of battle with the Roman Empire, an East Anglian leader roused her forces by declaring: 'It is not as a woman descended from noble ancestry, but as one of the people that I am avenging lost freedom'. Her name was Boudica, warrior Queen of the Iceni.In 60AD, Boudica's husband Prasutagus died and Roman troops tried to incorporate his lands into their Empire. Soldiers publicly flogged Boudica and raped her daughters. In retaliation, she led an army of tribesmen and sacked Camulodunum, modern day Colchester, before marching on London. Such was the ferocity of Boudica's attack that she came close to driving the Roman Imperial power out of Britain before she was finally defeated.Boudica was largely forgotten in the Middle Ages, but her image reappeared during the rule of Elizabeth I as a striking symbol of female power and heroism, before being denigrated by Elizabeth's heir, James I. In Victorian Britain, Boudica once again emerged, this time as a symbol of British Imperial power. The challenger to the Roman Empire had been transformed into the icon of the British Empire and to this day her statue stands guard outside the Houses of Parliament.With Juliette Wood, Associate Lecturer in Folklore at Cardiff University; Richard Hingley, Professor of Roman Archaeology at Durham University; and Miranda Aldhouse-Green, Professor of Archaeology in the School of History and Archaeology at Cardiff University.

In Our Time: History

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and mythologisation of Boudica.On the eve of battle with the Roman Empire, an East Anglian leader roused her forces by declaring: 'It is not as a woman descended from noble ancestry, but as one of the people that I am avenging lost freedom'. Her name was Boudica, warrior Queen of the Iceni.In 60AD, Boudica's husband Prasutagus died and Roman troops tried to incorporate his lands into their Empire. Soldiers publicly flogged Boudica and raped her daughters. In retaliation, she led an army of tribesmen and sacked Camulodunum, modern day Colchester, before marching on London. Such was the ferocity of Boudica's attack that she came close to driving the Roman Imperial power out of Britain before she was finally defeated.Boudica was largely forgotten in the Middle Ages, but her image reappeared during the rule of Elizabeth I as a striking symbol of female power and heroism, before being denigrated by Elizabeth's heir, James I. In Victorian Britain, Boudica once again emerged, this time as a symbol of British Imperial power. The challenger to the Roman Empire had been transformed into the icon of the British Empire and to this day her statue stands guard outside the Houses of Parliament.With Juliette Wood, Associate Lecturer in Folklore at Cardiff University; Richard Hingley, Professor of Roman Archaeology at Durham University; and Miranda Aldhouse-Green, Professor of Archaeology in the School of History and Archaeology at Cardiff University.