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[[Image:Boudicastatue.jpg|right|thumb|250px|''Boadicea and Her Daughters''; monumental statue by Thomas Thornycroft (1905)]]

[[Image:Boudicastatue.jpg|right|thumb|250px|''Boadicea and Her Daughters''; monumental statue by Thomas Thornycroft (1905)]]

'''Boudica''' or '''Boadicea''' (25 - 62 AD) queen of the [[Iceni]], and the first leader to seriously challenge the [[Rome|Roman]] occupation of [[Britain]].  

'''Boudica''', '''Boudicca''' or '''Boadicea''' (25 - 62 AD) queen of the [[Iceni]], and the first leader to seriously challenge the [[Rome|Roman]] occupation of [[Britain]].  

==History==

==History==

Hearing of the rebellion while putting down the Druids on the Isle of Anglesey, Paullinus rushed to Londinium; among his ranks were the XIV Legion and XX Legion.  Furthermore, he sent his cavalry ahead with orders orders for II Legion to meet him there, only to discover upon arrival that with the defeat of IX Legion Londinium had to be abandoned for want of troops to defend it.  Both Londinium and [[St Albans]] (Verulamium) were burned, and whoever was left behind were slaughtered.

Hearing of the rebellion while putting down the Druids on the Isle of Anglesey, Paullinus rushed to Londinium; among his ranks were the XIV Legion and XX Legion.  Furthermore, he sent his cavalry ahead with orders orders for II Legion to meet him there, only to discover upon arrival that with the defeat of IX Legion Londinium had to be abandoned for want of troops to defend it.  Both Londinium and [[St Albans]] (Verulamium) were burned, and whoever was left behind were slaughtered.

After Boudica's initial successes, Paullinus rallied his forces against the revolt and engaged the rebels at Watling Street, near Mancetter, on ground of his choosing, and near an established Roman camp. Despite overwhelming numerical supremacy (Dio estimated 230,000) Boudica's disorganised army was defeated by the Roman's superior tactics.  It is said that following the defeat she committed suicide by taking poison.<ref>[http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/britannia/boudica/boudicanrevolt.html] Encyclopaedia Romana: Boudica</ref>

After Boudica's initial successes, Paullinus rallied his forces against the revolt and engaged the rebels at Watling Street, near Mancetter, on ground of his choosing, and near an established Roman camp. Despite overwhelming numerical supremacy (Dio estimated 230,000) Boudica's disorganised army was defeated by the Roman's superior tactics.  It is said that following the defeat she committed suicide by taking poison.<ref>[http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/britannia/boudica/boudicanrevolt.html] Encyclopaedia Romana: Boudica<br>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/boudicca.shtml BBC History: Boudicca (died c.A.D. 60) (bbc.co.uk)]</ref>

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