Boudica Britannia: Rebel, War-leader and QueenPearson Longman, 2006 - Всего страниц: 286 '[This] book is a jolly good read...lively, confident and [filled with] thought-provoking parallels with modern times [...]Professor Aldhouse-Green is well equipped to do justice to the fearsome warrior queen of the Britons who so nearly brought the story of Roman Britain to a premature end. This important study of Boudica not only makes full use of recent archaeological and classical scholarship, it also offers exciting new psychological insights into the first woman to make a significant impact on the history of Britain'. Dr Paul R. Sealey, Assistant Curator of Archaeology, Colchester Museums When Roman troops threatened to seize the wealth of the Iceni people, their queen, Boudica, retaliated by inciting a major uprising, allying her tribe with the neighbouring Trinovantes. The ensuing clash is one of the most important - and dramatic - events in the history of Britain, standing testament to what can happen when an insensitive colonial power meets determined resistance from a subjugated people head-on. In this fascinating account of a legendary figure, Miranda Aldhouse-Green raises questions about female power, colonial oppression, and whether Boudica would be seen today as a freedom fighter, terrorist or martyr. |
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... Britain as a legendary place , notably to a com- ment by one Philodemus of Gadara ( Palestine ) , writing just before Caesar embarked for the island , an author who doubted the very existence of Britain or the Britons.14 It was ...
... Britain and the Druids : both were beyond the pale , outside the boundaries of civilisation ; each belonged to ' the empty voids of nature ' . While Caesar speaks of the Druids with considerable respect , Pliny was writing within the ...
... Britain as Tacitus would have us believe . Trebellius Maximus took over the governorship of Britain in AD 63 and continued in office until 69 when , according to Tacitus , his tenure came to an abrupt and ignominious end . In his ...
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