Boudicca's Revolt Against The Roman Empire

Boudicca was a Celtic female best known as the queen who led a revolt against the Roman empire in the year 60 or 61 CE. Most of what is known about Boudicca was recounted by two Roman historians known as Tacitus and Cassius Dio. While not much is known about her childhood and upbringing, it is generally agreed that she was born of royal descent. She was the wife of Prasutagus, king of the Iceni tribe, who ruled as an ally of the Roman Empire after the Roman conquest that took place in the year 43 CE. In his will, he wrote that his kingdom should be left to the two daughters he shared with Boudicca.
After the death of Prasutagus, however, the Roman Empire ignored the request. Because of the Roman rule that the throne had to be inherited by a male child- a role which neither daughter could fulfill- the Roman Empire simply treated the land of the Iceni tribe as they would have treated any other piece of conquered land. When Boudicca refused to let the Romans take the Iceni land as taxes, she was immediately punished by being flogged, and her two daughters were violated. …show more content…
Queen Boudicca herself soon became the leader of the new army. They first sought to take down Colchester, one of the earliest Roman towns in Britain. One reason that this town was selected is due to the fact that it was formerly a Trinovantian capital. After the town had been taken, the locals had been treated as lesser folks and a temple of a former Roman emperor had been constructed, which angered the Celtic