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.

* Boudica, widow of Prasutagus, is flogged and then forced to witness the public rape of her daughters.

Although it was recorded as suffering a defeat at the hands of the Silures in 52, the II Augusta proved to be one of the best legions, even after its disgrace during the uprising of queen Boudica, when its praefectus castrorum, who was then its acting commander ( its legatus and tribunes probably being absent with the governor Suetonius Paulinus ), contravened Suetonius ' orders to join him and so later committed suicide.

After the defeat of Boudica, the legion was dispersed over several bases ; from 66 to around 74 it was stationed at Glevum ( modern Gloucester ), and then moved to Isca Augusta ( modern Caerleon ), building a stone fortress that the soldiers occupied until the end of the 3rd century.

Boudica poisoned herself, and Postumus, having denied his men a share in the victory, fell on his sword.

Boudica is said by Tacitus to have poisoned herself ; Cassius Dio says Boudica fell ill and died and was given a lavish burial.

London was destroyed by Boudica only four years before, so Classicianus must have overseen considerable reconstruction.

Boudica has been the subject of two feature films, the 1928 film Boadicea, where she was portrayed by Phyllis Neilson-Terry, and 2003's Boudica ( Warrior Queen in the US ), a UK TV film written by Andrew Davies and starring Alex Kingston as Boudica.

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.

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

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.

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 ).

* 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.

This would have prevented Boudica from bringing considerable forces to bear on the Roman position, and the open plain in front made ambushes impossible.

Today, a large statue of Boudica wielding a sword and charging upon a chariot can be seen in London on the north bank of the Thames by Westminster Bridge.

However, Geoffrey's History is notoriously unreliable, and some historians consider these skulls to be a result of the rebellion of Boudica.

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.

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.

Boudica died not long afterwards, by self-administered poison or by illness.

When he died in 60 AD, the Romans seized control, prompting a second Iceni rebellion under Prasutagus ' wife Boudica.

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 ,.

The work is one of only three written Roman sources that document the Celtic revolt of AD 60-61 in Britain that was led by Boudica.

Tacitus and Dio agree that Boudica was of royal descent.

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

According to Tacitus ( Annals 14. 35 ), Boudica, queen of the Iceni and a number of other tribes in a formidable uprising against the occupying Roman forces, addressed her troops from a chariot in AD 61:

According to Tacitus, in 60 / 61 when the Iceni and Trinovantes under Boudica revolted against Roman rule, the city was undefended by fortifications, and was only garrisoned by 200 members of the procurator's guard.

At the time of the uprising of Boudica, Tacitus writes that " Londinium ... though undistinguished by the name of a colonia, was much frequented by a number of merchants and trading vessels.

Tacitus blames his " rapacity " in part for provoking the rebellion 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.

This seems to derive from a misreading of the passage in Dio Cassius in which Boudica releases a hare from her gown:

Dio says that at the outset Boudica employed a form of divination, releasing a hare from the folds of her dress and interpreting the direction in which it ran, and invoked Andraste, a British goddess of victory.

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.

The crisis caused the Emperor Nero to consider withdrawing all Roman forces from Britain, but Suetonius ' eventual victory over Boudica re-secured Roman control of the province.

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

Boudica has been known by several versions of her name.

The name is attested in inscriptions as " Boudica " in Lusitania, " Boudiga " in Bordeaux, and " Bodicca " in Algeria.

Boudica was chosen as their leader.

Boudica exhorted her troops from her chariot, her daughters beside her.

Also, the narrowness of the field meant that Boudica could put forth only as many troops as the Romans could at a given time.

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.

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.

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.

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.

" 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.