- Was a queen of the Brythonic Celtic Iceni people of Norfolk in
Eastern Britain who led a major uprising of the tribes against
the occupying forces of the Roman Empire. - Her husband,
Prasutagus, the Icenian king, who had ruled as a nominally
independent ally of Rome, had left his kingdom jointly to his
daughters and the Roman Emperor in his will, but when he died
his will was ignored, possibly because the Romans, unlike the
Britons, did not recognise daughters as heirs. 9 BC - They drew
inspiration from the example of Arminius, the prince of the
Cherusci who had driven the Romans out of Germany. 60 BC - 61 BC
- While the Roman governor, Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, was
leading a campaign on the island of Anglesey in north Wales,
Boudica led the Iceni, along with the Trinovantes and others, in
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