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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... ritual on occasions , though it was made illegal in Rome in 97 BC . Tim Taylor has suggested that strangulation was a particularly significant form of ritual killing since it literally cuts off the dying breath and was perhaps ...
... ritual shaft containing highly structured depositions that included sets of more than a hundred pots , more than half of which were complete , together with other objects and carefully selected animal parts.59 ( See Map 3. ) By far the ...
... ritual site of Llyn Cerrig Bach and the ritual killing of Lindow Man , provide possible clues to a religious protest in response to the coming of Rome to Britain and , specifically , to the actions of freedom fighters and British clergy ...
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Claudius and Britannia | 36 |
Prasutagus and Boudica | 67 |
big women in Iron Age Europe | 93 |
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