Why Was Budica Important To The Romans

While Hannibal was a sworn foe of the Romans, so was Boudica. Who is she? Why is she an enemy to the Romans?

Boudica was an British Iceni queen. Very little is known about her origins, life, and death. Boudica gained power as ruling Queen when her husband died, who had yielded half of his property to the Romans and the other half to his family in hopes of reducing issues in his succession. However, this exacerbated the succession conflict because the Romans refused to recognise Boudica as Queen and claimed all of the king's property as well as much Iceni land. They demanded repayment for the money they claimed that the king had borrowed, flogged Boudica in public and proceeded to rape her daughters.

Boudica, in anger, gathered a group of