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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... death ( but not executed ) by both Gaius and Claudius , lived in exile in Corsica for eight years ( for sexual ... death of the emperor , while Simpson81 is of the view that , though the official ' constitu- tion ' ( or dedication ) may ...
... death of King Prasutagus , then , provided Catus with ample opportunities to make money and , per- haps , to acquire glory at the same time as adding to the territory of the province , in the absence of the governor , particularly if ...
... death of Boudica and , by implication , the end of the British war , in a brief sen- tence . Dio tells a slightly different and fuller story , saying that : Many Britons were cut down in the battle and before the wagons and the woods ...
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Claudius and Britannia | 36 |
Prasutagus and Boudica | 67 |
big women in Iron Age Europe | 93 |
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