Transcript Boudica

The Warrior Queen of the Iceni
BOUDICA
FILM FROM 2003
CELTIC RESISTANCE
Earlier, I said that the Celtic tribes in Britain did
not resist the Roman occupation after 43AD.
 BUT THERE IS ONE GREAT EXCEPTION! HER
NAME IS BOUDICA (BOADICEA)!
 Her name means victory! Did she win?

THE ICENI TRIBE OF EAST ENGLAND

The ICENI tribe live in the East of England and
collaborate with the Romans. When their King
Prasatugus dies, he leaves half of his Kingdom
to Emporer Nero and half to his two daughters.
The Romans do not respect his will (poslední
vůle) and take all the Iceni lands.
EMPORER NERO
ICENI LANDS AND PEOPLE

In the East of England
ICENI VILLAGE AND AMPHITHEATRE
QUEEN BOUDICA
The Romans beat Prasatugus widow – Queen
Boudica and rape her 2 daughters. Boudica is a
tall redhead and a fighter.
 She is very angry and unites the Celtic tribes to
fight against the Roman occupiers and their
brutality. She leads her army of 100,000 men
from her chariot.

QUEEN BOUDICA
CELTIC TRIBES IN SOUTH OF ENGLAND
THE REBELLION BEGINS
In 61AD the Roman governer
Suetonius Paulinus and his army
are fighting the Druids
in North Wales.
 Boudica and her warriors
march on the Roman town of
Camulodunum (Colchester) and burn it down.

ROMAN CAMOLUDUNUM

Colchester is the first capital, before London.
LONDINIUM AND VERULAMIUM BURN!
When Paulinus gets the news, his army march
350km back to London, but they cannot defend
the capital city.
 Boudica´s rebels burn Londinium to the
ground, then they burn the city of Verulamium.
The Iceni kill 70-80,000 people in these 3
cities.

LONDINIUM
BATTLE OF WATLING STREET
•
Paulinus and his army of 10000 men (2
legions) march north along Watling Street and
wait for Boudica´s much bigger army. She has
about 230000 men, as well as women and
children and wagons with supplies. The small
but well-trained and well-armed Roman army
choose to fight in a narrow field with a forest on
3 sides, where they defeat and massacre the
Britons. 80000 Britons are killed, but only
around 400 Roman soldiers die in the battle.
ROMANS AND BRITONS
Romans
 Iceni
 Trinovantes

ROMAN AND ICENI FIGHTERS
ROMAN BATTLE TACTICS
ROME WINS THE WAR
The Romans almost lose Britain, but in the end
they occupy it for another 350 years.
 The Romans and the Britons live together in
‘harmony.

ROMAN BRITANNIA
THE END OF QUEEN BOUDICA
Queen Boudica is not killed in the Battle of
Watling Street, but she probably takes poison
and kills herself, so the Romans cannot take
her as a prisoner. Many of her fighters are
taken as slaves.
 Queen Boudica is a hero for the British people.
You can see her statue by the River Thames in
London near Big Ben.

BOUDICA LEADS HER ARMY
BOUDICA´S STATUE IN LONDON

A British heroine