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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.
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.
Alcippe a daughter of Ares; raped by Halirrhothius, the son of Poseidon. Alcmene; raped by Zeus in form of her husband Amphitryon, resulting in the birth of Heracles. Apemosyne; raped by Hermes, after slipping on skinned hides that he placed on her path. Atalanta; attempted rape by the centaurs Rhoecus and Hylaios, both of whom she slew with ...
Boudica's death [ edit ] After the battle, Boudica is said by Tacitus to have poisoned herself, [ 23 ] 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"). [ 30 ]
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Boudica was flogged and their daughters raped. [3] Roman financiers called in their loans. [4] All this led to the revolt of the Iceni, under the leadership of Boudica, in 60 or 61. Coins have been found in Suffolk inscribed SVB ESVPRASTO ESICO FECIT, "under Esuprastus Esico made (this)" in Latin. Some archaeologists believe that Esuprastus was ...
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