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'''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 River]]. One of the skulls can be seen on display in the Museum of London. She is usually depicted riding a [[chariot]] with [[scythe]]s attached to its wheels. [[Tacitus]] describes her sympathetically.

'''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 on the orders of the new Roman Governor of Britain and her daughters were [[rape|raped]]. Bioudicca launched upon a war,slaughtering four [[Rome|Roman]] legions and razing (burning) the [[Roman]] cities of Colchester (Camulodunum), St Albans (Verulamium) and [[London|Londinium]]. She killed every Roman citizen she found in the city and threw their heads into the [[Thames River]]. One of the skulls can be seen on display in the Museum of London. She is usually depicted riding a [[chariot]] with [[scythe]]s attached to its wheels. [[Tacitus]] describes her sympathetically, stating thay she was ''terrifying of mein'' and that she had red hair.