Boudica Britannia: Rebel, War-leader and QueenPearson Longman, 2006 - 286 páginas '[This] book is a jolly good read...lively, confident and [filled with] thought-provoking parallels with modern times [...]Professor Aldhouse-Green is well equipped to do justice to the fearsome warrior queen of the Britons who so nearly brought the story of Roman Britain to a premature end. This important study of Boudica not only makes full use of recent archaeological and classical scholarship, it also offers exciting new psychological insights into the first woman to make a significant impact on the history of Britain'. Dr Paul R. Sealey, Assistant Curator of Archaeology, Colchester Museums When Roman troops threatened to seize the wealth of the Iceni people, their queen, Boudica, retaliated by inciting a major uprising, allying her tribe with the neighbouring Trinovantes. The ensuing clash is one of the most important - and dramatic - events in the history of Britain, standing testament to what can happen when an insensitive colonial power meets determined resistance from a subjugated people head-on. In this fascinating account of a legendary figure, Miranda Aldhouse-Green raises questions about female power, colonial oppression, and whether Boudica would be seen today as a freedom fighter, terrorist or martyr. |
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... Augustus ' non - military intervention in Britain . But Horace sends a rather different message : Guard Caesar bound for Britain at the world's end , Guard our young swarm of warriors on the wing now To spread the fear of Rome Into ...
... Augustus mis- read the Britons ' seeming acquiescence , for now the chronicler says ' Augustus was planning an expedition into Britain , since the people there would not come to terms , but he was detained by the revolt of the Salassi ...
... Augustus , as heir to the Egyptian throne , had to be divine also . But for the most part , Augustus was meticulous in allowing only worship of the notion of the emperor , or the imperial family , 84 coupled with Roma ( the ...
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Claudius and Britannia | 36 |
Prasutagus and Boudica | 67 |
big women in Iron Age Europe | 93 |
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