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Boudica

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Also known as Boudicca, Boadicea, Buddug

Boudica or Boudicca (, from Brythonic * 'victory, win' + * (adjectival suffix), i.e. 'Victorious Woman', known in Latin chronicles as Boadicea or Boudicea, and in Welsh as '''''', ) 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. She is considered a British national heroine and a symbol of the struggle for justice and independence.

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Boudica (30–61/62) was a female military leader, ruler, and queen regnant in Roman Britain. Her native names were Boudīka and Voadicea. She was the spouse of Prasutagus and had two children. Boudica participated in the Boudican revolt. She died by suicide in Roman Britain.

The historical figure is described in sources including Pauly–Wissowa, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and the 11th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica. She is also present in the work Civilization V.

A separate entity named Boudica exists as a music group. This group has 329 listeners and 11,034 plays on Last.fm. Additionally, an author named Boudica has nine works, including 21 Spells for Assured Success and Llewellyn's 2011 Witches' Companion.

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Key facts

Royalty.reign type1
Tenure
Royalty.image
Queen Boudica by John Opie.jpg
Royalty.alt
Opie's painting of Boudica
Royalty.caption
Boadicea Haranguing the Britons (1793)
Royalty.succession
Queen of the Iceni
Royalty.reign
c. AD 60–61
Royalty.succession1
Consort of the king of the Iceni
Royalty.reign1
? – c. AD 60
Royalty.birth_place
British Isles
Royalty.death_date
AD 60/61
Royalty.spouse
Prasutagus
Royalty.issue
2 daughters

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
female
Place of birth
Roman Britain
Place of death
Roman Britain
Spouse
Prasutagus
Occupation
queen regnant
Position held
queen
Hair colour
red hair
Conflict
Boudican revolt
Image
Boudica statue, Westminster (8433726848).jpg
Number of children
2
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Commons category
Boudica
date of death
0062-00-00
date of birth
0030-00-00
manner of death
Suicide
topic's main category
Category:Boudica
name in native language
Voadicea
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
IPA transcription
ˌboʊ.dəˈsiː.ə
present in work
Civilization V
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Encyclopedic overview

18 sections
Contents
  • Historical sources
  • Background
  • Events leading to the revolt
  • Uprising
  • Attacks on Camulodunum, Londinium and Verulamium
  • Defeat and death
  • Name
  • Early literature
  • Revival and the modern legend
  • 16th and 17th century literature
  • Depiction during the 18th and 19th centuries
  • 20th century – present
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • Sources
  • Further reading
  • External links

Boudica or Boudicca (, from Brythonic * 'victory, win' + * (adjectival suffix), i.e. 'Victorious Woman', known in Latin chronicles as Boadicea or Boudicea, and in Welsh as '''''', ) 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. She is considered a British national heroine and a symbol of the struggle for justice and independence.

Boudica's husband Prasutagus, with whom she had two daughters, ruled as a nominally independent ally of Rome. He left his kingdom jointly to his daughters and to the Roman emperor in his will. When he died, his will was ignored, and the kingdom was annexed and his property taken. According to the Roman historian Tacitus, Boudica was flogged and her daughters raped. The historian Cassius Dio wrote that previous imperial donations to influential Britons were confiscated and the Roman financier and philosopher Seneca called in the loans he had forced on the reluctant Britons.

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