Boudicca Research Paper
Boudicca’s Revenge
Boudicca is one of history’s most powerful and respected women. According to historians her story was nearly lost until it was retold by a man named Tacitus, whose work, the Annals (109 AD), was rediscovered in 1360. However, her story was not regarded until it became popular during the reign of another queen who headed an army against another foreign invasion, Queen Elizabeth I. (Parke 1)
Despite my efforts I could not find very much information on the life of Boudicca before she married and became the warrior queen we know today, so I have chosen to explain the story of how she became one of the most renowned women in history. According to my research, Boudicca was a part of a tribe of warriors by the name of Keltoi …show more content…
They had been driven off their own land and subjected to lives as prisoners and slaves. They had endured the sight of their culture and everything they loved be destroyed, and now they were angry. They were even more angered by the attack on the headquarters of the Druidic religion, which they practiced. After suffering all these offenses, and also being subjected to the harsh rule of the Romans, the Trinovantii and other neighboring tribes were willing to join Boudicca in her rebellion against Rome. (Campbell 44)
“She was huge of frame, terrifying of aspect, and with a harsh voice. A great mass of bright red hair fell to her knees: She wore a great twisted golden necklace, and a tunic of many colors, over which was a thick mantle, fastened by a brooch. Now she grasped a spear, to strike fear into all who watched her…” (Dio Cassius)
After several years Boudicca was tired of the conditions they had lived through, and in turn brought together an army of 100,000 Celtic people. Boudicca was fueled by anger and had no plans on letting the Romans get off lightly in any way. Boudicca’s first mission was to began expressing her rage by storming the Roman city of Camulodunum
Boudicca is one of history’s most powerful and respected women. According to historians her story was nearly lost until it was retold by a man named Tacitus, whose work, the Annals (109 AD), was rediscovered in 1360. However, her story was not regarded until it became popular during the reign of another queen who headed an army against another foreign invasion, Queen Elizabeth I. (Parke 1)
Despite my efforts I could not find very much information on the life of Boudicca before she married and became the warrior queen we know today, so I have chosen to explain the story of how she became one of the most renowned women in history. According to my research, Boudicca was a part of a tribe of warriors by the name of Keltoi …show more content…
They had been driven off their own land and subjected to lives as prisoners and slaves. They had endured the sight of their culture and everything they loved be destroyed, and now they were angry. They were even more angered by the attack on the headquarters of the Druidic religion, which they practiced. After suffering all these offenses, and also being subjected to the harsh rule of the Romans, the Trinovantii and other neighboring tribes were willing to join Boudicca in her rebellion against Rome. (Campbell 44)
“She was huge of frame, terrifying of aspect, and with a harsh voice. A great mass of bright red hair fell to her knees: She wore a great twisted golden necklace, and a tunic of many colors, over which was a thick mantle, fastened by a brooch. Now she grasped a spear, to strike fear into all who watched her…” (Dio Cassius)
After several years Boudicca was tired of the conditions they had lived through, and in turn brought together an army of 100,000 Celtic people. Boudicca was fueled by anger and had no plans on letting the Romans get off lightly in any way. Boudicca’s first mission was to began expressing her rage by storming the Roman city of Camulodunum