Transcript Queen Boadicea - Eckman

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"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
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Boadicea is simply the name given to
her by the Roman historian Tacitus,
although to Dio Cassius she was
Buduica. Whether Boudicca, Boadicea,
Boadiccea, or Buduica; it would have
been the Latinized version of her
Brythonic Celtic name, and the
convention has since been adopted that
this would probably have been
something similar to the name under
which she is known in present day
Welsh; which is, Byddyg, or literally,
"Victory".
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Written histories of
Boadicea, and of early
Britain in general, are
found in two classical
manuscripts, which were
most likely derived from
the same original source.
The historian Tacitus
wrote his history only fifty
years after the events of
A.D. 60, and it was said
that his father-in-law
Agricola was able to give
an eyewitness account of
the rebellion.
The story of Boadicea!
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Between A.D. 43 and A.D. 45 married
Prasutagus, King of the Iceni.
Upon his death he left his kingdom to
be shared by his two daughters.
Roman law did not allow inheritance
to be passed to daughters.
This was considered unacceptable
according to roman standards.
Kinsmen of the royal house were
enslave,Boadice was beaten with a
whip
Then she was force to whiteness the
public rape and torture of her two
daughter said to be around the age of
12
The brutality of these excesses only
rallied them behind their queen and
against the invading Romans.
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Boadicea had no real claim to succession
after the passing of her husband.
The people regarded her as their leader,
because their neighboring tribes were
willing to support any kind of antiRoman uprising.
The people that lived there suffered
under Roman taxation for years,
 The Roman emperor also destroyed
the majority of Celtic culture.
 They were also upset about the attack
on the headquarters of the Druidic
religion.
This urged neighboring tribes to join
Boadicea in her rebellion.
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First they stormed Roman
cities (Camulodunum and
Colchester)continued on to
Londinium(London).This
ended in a final destructive
battle.
Written accusations portray
Boadicea and her followers
in battle in savage and
brutal terms.
Roman military writing
portrays the enemy as being
uncivilized animals
compared to roman law,
order, and civilization
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At the final battle we
would see Boudicca
fully armed standing
in her chariot with
her daughters by her
sides.
She was clothed,
unlike many of her
followers who would
go into battle naked
with their skin
painted blue and
often with tattoos.
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Inhabitants were massacred
They struggled with starvation and disease
Boadicea was having difficulty controlling
her troops after victory with the looting and
burning.
Tacitus indicated a count of roughly 70,000
casualties before the final battle
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Reported that she survived the battle.
Tacitus wrote that she poisoned her self thus died
by her own hand.
Dio tells people that she fell sick and died.
Nobody really knows, only explanation is that she
did not wan t to fall into Roman hands again.
Her daughters we not mentioned again, their
names and fate are a mystery to history.
Boadicea apparently ended with her death and
burial
She is most commonly seen as; not a queen, but a
mother, wife and warrior defending her country.
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Definitions!
 Alliteration- Repetition
 Geat- Swedish warrior.
of sounds in words close
to one another.
 Kenning- Specialized
metaphor made of
compound words.
 Epic Hero- Has superior
physical strength and is
supremely ethical.
 Epic Poetry- Dramatic
Composition.
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 http://wordinfo.info/u
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