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Aethelflaed, a warrior ruler almost lost to history, is being celebrated on the Viking invaders, Aethelflaed, daughter of Alfred the Great, grew up in a realm Married at 16 to Aethelred, Lord of Mercia, Aethelflaed's new lands were "But Wessex had a tradition the king's wife could not be called a queen.
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Boudicca: The Warrior Queen by M. She wore a twisted torc and a tunic of many colours She carried a spear to instil terror in all who saw her.
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The defeat of 'She was tall and terrible, with a great mass of red hair to her hips. The defeat of Boudicca in effect made the Roman occupation of Britain possible - a victory would at the very least have seriously delayed it and possibly altered the whole course of the country's history. Among the British, women could inherit land, rule whole areas, lead armies. Boudicca did all three. And what made her revolt in AD 61 so terrifying was that she united other tribes under her and all but destroyed Rome's power base in the country.
Boudicca herself left a twofold legacy. Surviving Paullinus' crushing defeat of her troops, she is traditionally alleged to have taken poison, along with her daughters.
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She had taken on the might of the greatest power of the ancient world and nearly driven it out of part of its empire; the Britons mourned her deeply and gave her a costly burial. Speeches attributed to her by the Romans on Get A Copy. Paperback , pages. Published February 1st by Sutton Publishing first published October 30th More Details Original Title. Other Editions 3. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Boudicca , please sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details.
More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Boudicca: The Warrior Queen. I wasn't sure what to think of this at first, since it began with a reconstruction of the events of Boudicca's last battle which read like fiction. However, I appreciated that in the first chapter the author was very upfront about the sources used and the lack of sources , and about the problem of tainted sources.
The analysis of how accurate the information was helped me believe in Trow's good faith in doing this research. I think Trow did well with the dearth of available information, and tried very hard to be fair to Boudicca: the book is very much on her side versus the Romans, without any suggestion of an alternative could Boudicca have provoked the Romans?
But what's important to our story is that he invaded Britain in 55 BC, establishing a beachhead but withdrawing upon meeting resistance. He came again in 54 BC with a greater force, but when Gaul rebelled he had to return to the continent. Caesar's motives for invading Britain were three: punishment for Britons who had given refuge to retreating Gauls in previous campaigns, the wealth of Britain primarily in gold, silver, lead, tin, and grain , and his own ego and desire for prestige.
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The next attempt was made in AD 43, an invasion ordered by emperor Claudius. The reason was to go after the Druids, who seemed to be providing leadership for rebellious Druids and Celts in Gaul.
By 47, the Romans had conquered the lowlands and built a road. But they faced two centers of resistance.
The first was the Island of Anglesey north Wales , a center of Druid culture; the Romans massacred the Druids there in 61, ending resistance. The second was Iceni East Anglia , where Queen Boudicca rebelled after she had been flogged by the Romans, who had also raped her daughters. She led her tribe and others, killing thousands of Roman soldiers. Ultimately, Boudicca's rebellion was put down by 10, legionnaires, and Roman rule was established. The battle was a good example of how the Roman legion was superior to other methods of war.
The Celts used chariots and frontal assault, "fury and speed" it's been called; they were loud and terrifying. Here historians discuss the Roman perception of the Celts. Despite this, the Romans held formation, protected by shields and flexible armor, moving in a wedge and throwing 7-foot javelins while heavy cavalry surrounded the enemy.
The Roman "rule" of Britain was basically a military occupation. There was no mainstream migration of Romans, only 60, soldiers and officials. These garrisons were connected to Londinium London with miles of roads. The Romans were unable to conquer Scotland, which would have required another legion and another garrison. Since by the 2nd century it was apparent that Rome was in trouble and could not afford such an expenditure, two walls were built to keep out the Scots: Hadrian's Wall built and the Antonine Wall built , which was abandoned after 20 years.
The Romans were an urban people, and the towns they built in Britain were a tool for rule, civilization, and the tempting of Celtic chieftains into Roman cooperation. The first four towns were Colchester, Gloucester "cester" is from the Latin "castra", meaning camp or fortified town , Lincoln, and York. These towns introduced Britain to the idea of a grid layout, the concept that towns ruled over the countryside, public baths, forums and shops, magistrates to enforce the law, Latin literacy, and Roman masonry including tiled roofs and mosaics.
The last great town was Londinium itself, built not as a military outpost but as an economic entity. The name "London" is Celtic, and the city was sited where the River Thames was easiest to bridge, providing an inland port where the river was still wide enough for ocean-going ships. The countryside of Britain changed little during the Roman period, except for the great villas build by the wealthy landholders.
These landholders included both superior Roman officials, and Briton chieftains. About of these "Romanized" villas were build, some with rooms, a courtyard, warm-water heating, glazed windows, and bathrooms. Such a standard of domestic life was not achieved again until the 18th century! The estates were worked by tenants and slaves. But outside these enclaves, the Celtic farm survived. The Romans added little to agricultural techniques but many crops: grapes, cherries, peas, parsnips and turnips. The towns did provide a better market for agricultural goods, but the government took about half the grain crop as taxes.
Because of this, some landholders turned to raising wool instead. Most of the villas were located in the Cotswolds , the prime area for raising sheep. The rest of Britain's history will, in many ways, be determined from this point on by wool. Reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire are hotly debated among historians. So many theories have been promoted that I once took a final examination for a Western Civ class that had one question on it: "Why did Rome fall?
The basic causes are simple. First, Rome overexpanded. When the empire reached its limit, the flow of tribute into Rome and the supply of slaves also ended. The army was spread too thin, and since recruits were drafted from small landholders, agricutural productivity declined. Second, the tax distribution was unfair, since patricians were exempt, putting the burden on the middle class in the towns and the tenant farmers.
Third, the government was corrupt, with the army increasingly involved in politics. Emperors-to-be pulled troops from the frontier to help them gain the throne, then the same troops would kill the emperor and put in someone they liked better. In Britain, troops were pulled to the continent for every Gallic rebellion. Last, the frontiers of the empire were continually threatenedd by the mass migrations of people from the east, who the Romans called "barbarians". Beginning in China, and probably the result of a global climate change, groups were migrating from east to west along the Eurasian continent, each group pushing the next westward.
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