Boudicca
Boudicca
- Courtenay Edward Stevens
- , and Martin Millett
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Boudicca (name uncertain, but ‘Boadicea’ has neither authority nor meaning), wife of *Prasutagus, who was established as client king of the *Iceni (East Anglia) by the Romans. On his death (ce 60/1 ) he had left the emperor co-heir with his daughters, but imperial agents maltreated his family. Under Boudicca the Iceni, assisted by the *Trinovantes, rose in rebellion while the governor, *Suetonius Paulinus, was occupied in the west.Subjects
- Roman History and Historiography
