Boudicca

Boudicca (AD 30 — AD 62), also known as Boadicea, was a British warrior and queen of ancient Britain. She led revolt of the Iceni against Roman colonies Camulodunum (Colchester), Londinium (London), and Verulamium (St Albans), but was eventually defeated by Roman governor in Britain, Suetonius Paulinus, in the Midlands. She was said to have committed suicide by taking poison from a poisoned chalice rather than surrendering. The historian Cassius Dio suggested her death might have been caused by sickness. However, it has been pointed out that the sickness might have been caused by taking poison. Boudica's burial site is unknown, and is presumably somewhere in the south of Great Britain.

Wisdom & Quotes

• I am not fighting for my kingdom and wealth now. I am fighting as an ordinary person for my lost freedom, my bruised body, and my outraged daughters.

- addressing her army before the Icenian revolt in the year 61

• Consider how many of you are fighting - and why. Then you will win this battle, or perish. That is what I, a woman, plan to do! - let the men live in slavery if they will.

- addressing her army before the Icenian revolt in the year 61

Pliny the Elder