Boudica
Boudica (/ˈbuːdᵻkə/; alternative spelling: Boudicca, also known as Boadicea /boʊdᵻˈsiːə/ and in Welsh as Buddug [ˈbɨ̞ðɨ̞ɡ]) (d. AD 60 or 61) was a queen of the British Iceni tribe who led an uprising against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire.
Boudica's husband Prasutagus ruled as a nominally independent ally of Rome and left his kingdom jointly to his daughters and the Roman emperor in his will. However, when he died his will was ignored, and the kingdom was annexed. Boudica was flogged, her daughters raped, and Roman financiers called in their loans.
In AD 60 or 61, when the Roman governor Gaius Suetonius Paulinus was campaigning on the island of Anglesey off the northwest coast of Wales, Boudica led the Iceni, the Trinovantes, and others in revolt. They destroyed Camulodunum (modern Colchester), earlier the capital of the Trinovantes but at that time a colonia, a settlement for discharged Roman soldiers and site of a temple to the former Emperor Claudius. Upon hearing of the revolt, Suetonius hurried to Londinium (modern London), the 20-year-old commercial settlement that was the rebels' next target.
Boadicea (1928 film)
Boadicea is a 1927 British historical film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Phyllis Neilson-Terry, Lillian Hall-Davis and Clifford McLaglen. It depicts the life of the Celtic Queen Boudicea and her rebellion against the Roman Empire.
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Boadicea (moth)
Boadicea is a genus of moths in the family Arctiidae.
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Boadicea
by: Petra BergerBoadicea
choir : Boadicea, behold the fate of the army you
controlled,
Did it quench your lust for blood, did it satisfy your
soul ?
Darkness fell upon the land,
the day the kingdom died,
the empire tore it’s grasping hand,
through our darkest night,
they robbed us, and raped us,
flogged us, betrayed us,
for our freedom,
for our kingdom
we will make a stand and
fight, fire with fire,
choir : Boadicea, Boadicea, suddenly you’re sad and
sorry ,
Boadicea, did it please ya when the final battle
raged....
heaven’s on our side.....
choir : Boadicea, Boadicea, how’d you miss your claim
to glory,
Boadicea, would you be a heroine if here today ?
Boadicea, behold the fate of the army you controlled,
Did it quench your lust for blood, did it satisfy your
soul ?
two hundred thousand arms to wield,
a wild and mindless might,
the sun rose on the battlefield,
to mock a woman’s pride,
they stabbed us, and shamed us,
burned us, and maimed us,
for our freedom,
for our kingdom
hear my call to arms and
fight, fire with fire,
choir : Boadicea, Boadicea, suddenly you’re sad and
sorry ,
Boadicea, did it please ya when the final battle
raged....
heaven’s on our side.....
choir : Boadicea, Boadicea, how’d you miss your claim
to glory,
Boadicea, would you be a heroine if here today ?
to avenge your king,
choir : In the name of Glory
to avenge your queen,
choir : the Iceni Glory
fight on !
fight on !
fight on, fight…..
or die !
choir : Boadicea, Boadicea, suddenly you’re sad and
sorry ,
Boadicea, did it please ya when the final battle
raged....
Heaven’s on our side.....
choir : Boadicea, Boadicea, how’d you miss your claim
to glory,
Boadicea, would you be a heroine if here today ?
Boadicea, behold the fate of the army you controlled,
Did it quench your lust for blood, did it satisfy your