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Boudica or Boudicca (/ ˈ b uː d ɪ k ə, b oʊ ˈ d ɪ k ə /, from Brythonic *boudi 'victory, win' + *-kā 'having' suffix, i.e. 'Victorious Woman', known in Latin chronicles as Boadicea or Boudicea, and in Welsh as Buddug, pronounced [ˈbɨðɨɡ]) 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.
After the battle, Boudica is said by Tacitus to have poisoned herself, [24] though in the Agricola, which was written almost twenty years before the Annals, he mentions nothing of suicide and attributes the end of the revolt to socordia ("complacency"). [31] Cassius Dio says Boudica fell ill, died and was given a lavish burial. [32]
Prasutagus (died AD 60 or 61) was king of a British Celtic tribe called the Iceni, who inhabited roughly what is now Norfolk, in the 1st century AD. He is best known as the husband of Boudica . Prasutagus may have been one of the eleven kings who surrendered to Claudius following the Roman conquest in 43, [ 1 ] or he may have been installed as ...
Boudica poisoned herself, and Postumus, having denied his men a share in the victory, fell on his sword. [ 12 ] Suetonius reinforced his army with legionaries and auxiliaries from Germania and conducted punitive operations against any remaining pockets of resistance, but this proved counterproductive.
Boadicea and Her Daughters is a bronze sculptural group in London representing Boudica, queen of the Celtic Iceni tribe, who led an uprising in Roman Britain.It is located to the north side of the western end of Westminster Bridge, near Portcullis House and Westminster Pier, facing Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster across the road.
Catus Decianus was the procurator of Roman Britain in AD 60 or 61. [1] Tacitus blames his "rapacity" in part for provoking the rebellion of Boudica. [2] Cassius Dio says he confiscated sums of money which had been given by the emperor Claudius to leading Britons, declaring them to be loans to be repaid with interest.
Boudica (also spelled "Boudiga") (died 60 or 61 CE), the Brythonic queen (or chieftainess) of the Icenes Boudiga or Tutela Boudiga , a Gaulish war goddess thought to be related to Cathubodua Topics referred to by the same term
Thornycroft died in Brenchley, Kent, and was buried in Chiswick Old Church, Middlesex. His estate was over £11,046. [2] His other works include: Statue of George Benjamin Thorneycroft, first Mayor of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton (1856). [3] Memorial to John Hamilton-Martin in St Michael's Church, Ledbury (1857, with Mary). [2]