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'''Boudicca''' or '''Boadicea''' was a queen of the [[Iceni]] tribe in [[Celts|Celtic]] [[Britain]]. After her daughters were [[rape|raped]] by the [[Rome|Romans]] she went on a rampage, slaughtering four [[Rome|Roman]] legions and razing (burning) the [[Roman]] city of [[London|Londinium]]. She killed every Roman citizen she found in the city and threw their heads into [[The Thames]]. One of the skulls can be seen on display in the Museum of London.

'''Boudicca''' or '''Boadicea''' was a queen of the [[Iceni]] tribe in [[Celts|Celtic]] [[Britain]], in the area now known as East Anglia. Following the death of her husband Prasutagus, the Iceni ruler, Boudicca was flogged by the new Roman overlords and her daughters were [[rape|raped]]. Bioudicca launched upon a war of revenge,slaughtering four [[Rome|Roman]] legions and razing (burning) the [[Roman]] cities of Colchester (Camolodunum), St Albans (Verulamium) and [[London|Londinium]]. She killed every Roman citizen she found in the city and threw their heads into [[The Thames]]. One of the skulls can be seen on display in the Museum of London.

She is usually show riding her [[chariot]], which had [[scythe]]s on it. Some people regard her as an early [[feminist]], bu the truth is she was just out for revenge.

She is usually show riding her [[chariot]], which allegedly had [[scythe]]s attached to its wheels. Some people regard her as an early [[feminist]], bu the truth is she was just out for revenge.

 

A pleasing, unproven and ineradicable urban myth is that Boudicca is buried beneath platform 12 (or possibly platform 9) of London's King's Cross railway terminus.