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Boadicea Haranguing the Britons is a 1793 history painting by the British artist John Opie. It depicts the Boudica the queen of the Ancient British Iceni tribe who led an ultimately unsuccessful uprising against the Roman Empire during the first century. She is portrayed in a white robe and red cloak, a bright figure in a dark composition.
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.
Several track titles are titled or based on various historical and mythological figures and stories associated with the Celts, and established Enya's sound of keyboard-oriented music and layered vocals. "Boadicea" has been sampled by various artists, most notably in 1996 by The Fugees, in 2004 by Mario Winans with P. Diddy and in 2022 by Metro ...
The song contains a sample of "Boadicea" by new-age singer Enya from her first solo album, Enya (1987). Enya considered suing the Fugees because they had sampled "Boadicea" without her permission. [9] Enya stated, "We were actually on the verge of suing them because of the copyright infringement, because they just didn't approach us. It was a ...
It is a remake of "I Don't Wanna Know" (2004) by Mario Winans featuring Enya and P. Diddy, which is based on a sample of the Fugees' song "Ready or Not" (1996), and itself samples Enya's "Boadicea" (1987). Winans himself returned to contribute to the song as a backing vocalist along with Travis Scott. Diddy himself would also join the artists ...
Some cave-dwelling species, including the oilbird [45] and swiftlets (Collocalia and Aerodramus species), [46] use audible sound (with the majority of sonic location occurring between 2 and 5 kHz [47]) to echolocate in the darkness of caves. The only bird known to make use of infrasound (at about 20 Hz) is the western capercaillie. [48]
The big shareholder groups in Boadicea Resources Ltd (ASX:BOA) have power over the company. Insiders often own a large chunk of younger, smaller, companies while huge companies tend to have ...
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.