Boudica has since remained an important cultural symbol in the United Kingdom.

Boudica has been known by several versions of her name.

In more recent times, Boudica has been the subject of numerous documentaries, including some by Discovery Channel, History International Channel ( now known as H2 ), and the BBC.

" Boudica has also been the primary subject of songs by Irish singer / songwriter Enya, Dutch soprano Petra Berger, Scottish singer / songwriter Steve McDonald, English metal band Bal-Sagoth, Faith and the Muse and Dreams in the Witching House.

She has also been the subject of a 1978 British TV series, Warrior Queen, starring Siân Phillips as Boudica.

It grew to a significant town, and as such received the attentions of Boudica of the Iceni in AD 61, when Verulamium was sacked and burnt: a black ash layer has been recorded by archaeologists, thus confirming the Roman written record.

Boudica has since remained an important cultural symbol in the United Kingdom.

Mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, the town has evidence of continuous settlement from the Neolithic period and is locally reputed to have been the last refuge of Boudica as she fled from the Romans.

The statue of Boudica or Boudicea near Westminster Pier has her in a scythed chariot as commissioned by Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | Prince Albert and executed by Thomas Thornycroft ( completed in 1905 ).

Gildas, in his 6th century De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae, may have been alluding to Boudica when he wrote " A treacherous lioness butchered the governors who had been left to give fuller voice and strength to the endeavours of Roman rule.

More apocryphically, Chatteris is reputed to have been the last refuge of Boudica as she fled from the Romans.

Strong though Verulamium's defences may have been, they were not enough to stop Boudica, who burned the city in 61 CE.

Suetonius offered battle in a strong defensive position described by Tacitus and many fruitless attempts have been made to be more precise regarding the site of the Battle of Watling Street, the last battle of Boudica.

He was consul in AD 61, but in the second half of that year he laid down that office and was appointed governor of Britain, replacing Gaius Suetonius Paulinus who had been removed from office in the wake of the rebellion of Boudica.

Statue of Boudica by Thomas Thornycroft near Westminster Millennium Pier | Westminster Pier, London, with her two daughters upon a chariot

In her 1795 novel Velleda, ein Zauberroman ( Velleda, a Magic Novel ), Benedikte Naubert conflated the lives of two contemporaries, Boudica and Veleda, whom she romanticized as Boadicea and Velleda.

Built mainly of wood, it was destroyed during the revolt of Boudica in AD 60-61, but was rebuilt and grew to feature many impressive town houses and public buildings.

The Viking Queen is a 1967 Hammer Films adventure film set in ancient Britain, in which the role of Queen Salina is based upon the historical figure of Boudica.

* Warrior queens and blind critics-article on the 2004 film King Arthur which discusses Boudica

Kingston's film credits include The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover ( 1989 ), A Pin for the Butterfly ( 1994 ), The Infiltrator ( 1995 ), Croupier ( 1998 ), Essex Boys ( 2000 ), Boudica ( Warrior Queen in the USA ) ( 2003 ) in which she played the eponymous Boudica, Sweet Land ( 2005 ), and Crashing ( 2007 ).

In the 2003 film Boudica, Bleonţ played the role of Suetonius ' ADC.

Boudica (; alternative spelling: Boudicca ), also known as Boadicea and known in Welsh as Buddug ( d. AD 60 or 61 ) was queen of the British Iceni tribe who led an uprising against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire.

* Boudica, also known as Boadicea

* Boadicea and her Barmy Army ( 2005 )-Valerie Wilding ( Boudica )

Boudica then either killed herself, so she would not be captured, or fell ill and died — the extant sources, Tacitus and Cassius Dio, differ.

According to Tacitus in his Annals, Boudica poisoned herself, though in the Agricola which was written almost twenty years prior he mentions nothing of suicide and attributes the end of the revolt to socordia (" indolence "); Dio says she fell sick and died and then was given a lavish burial ; though this may be a convenient way to remove her from the story.

* 3 ) Red Queen, White Queen ( 1958 ); titled The Pagan Queen in the U. S .), about Boudica and the rebellion she led against Rome, as told by a young Roman Imperial agent

After Boudica was humiliated and her daughters raped she led a rebellion in which the towns of Colchester ( Camulodunum ), London ( Londinium ) and St. Albans ( Verulamium ) were sacked.

However, when he died, his will was ignored — the kingdom was annexed as if conquered, Boudica was flogged, her daughters were raped, and Roman financiers called in their loans.

In AD 60 or 61, while the Roman governor, Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, was leading a campaign on the island of Anglesey off the northwest coast of Wales — Boudica led the Iceni people in revolt, along with the Trinovantes and others ,.

Tacitus and Dio agree that Boudica was of royal descent.

According to Tacitus, Boudica was flogged and her daughters were raped.

Boudica was chosen as their leader.

By the Middle Ages Boudica was forgotten.

A great bronze statue of Boudica with her daughters in her war chariot ( furnished with scythes after the Persian fashion ) was commissioned by Prince Albert and executed by Thomas Thornycroft.

The name " Battle Bridge " led to a tradition that this was the site of a major battle between the Romans and the Iceni tribe led by Boudica.

The DC Comics character Boodikka, a member of the Green Lantern Corps, was named after Boudica.

In 60 – 61, while Governor Gaius Suetonius Paulinus was campaigning in Wales, the southeast of Britain rose in revolt under the leadership of Boudica.

Boudica was the widow of the recently deceased king of the Iceni, Prasutagus.

The founding of a Roman temple to Claudius at Camulodunum was one of the impositions that led to the revolt of Boudica.

Andraste, also known as Andrasta or Andred, was, according to the Roman historian Dio Cassius, an Icenic war goddess invoked by Boudica in her fight against the Roman occupation of Britain in AD 60.

The name " Battle Bridge " is linked to tradition that this was the site of a major battle between the Romans and the British Iceni tribe led by Boudica, Britain's Warrior Queen.