Boudica
Boudica (also spelt Boudicea and Boudicca) (25-62) was the queen of the Iceni tribe of East Anglia in Celtic Britain, in the area now known as East Anglia during Nero's reign.
Following the death of her husband Prasutagus, the Iceni ruler, Boudica was flogged on the orders of the new Roman Governor of Britain.
She led a bloody revolt against the Romans, who had annexed her kingdom, disrespected her and raped her daughters. Boudica slaughtered four Roman legions and razed (burnt) the Roman cities of Colchester (Camulodunum), St Albans (Verulamium) and Londinium, so thoroughly that the thick layer of ash left is still clearly visible today.
After her initial successes, routing the Roman ninth legion, the Roman forces rallied against the revolt and Boudica is said to have committed suicide.[1]
She is usually depicted riding a chariot with scythes attached to its wheels. Tacitus describes her sympathetically, stating that she was terrifying of mien and that she had red hair.
