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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... Caesar embarked for the island , an author who doubted the very existence of Britain or the Britons.14 It was important to Caesar that he was the first to do things ; he modelled himself on Alexander , who had so dramatically extended ...
... Caesar played the role of king - maker and actively interfered in British affairs , at least in the south - east . Later in the same passage , we are told that the Trinovantian ambassa- dors promised that the tribe would surrender to Caesar ...
... Caesar developed his narrative on how the king's power had come about : When we came to the spot [ between the Roman and German camps , where Ariovistus had finally agreed to meet Caesar ] , I started my speech by recalling my own and ...
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Claudius and Britannia | 36 |
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big women in Iron Age Europe | 93 |
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