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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... commander escaped to the camp with his cavalry and sheltered behind its defences . The imperial agent Catus Decianus , horrified by the catastrophe and by his unpopularity , withdrew to Gaul . It was his rapacity which had driven the ...
... commander would be equally adroit at managing an emergent province : a task that required the specialist administrative skills of a senior civil servant that were by no means identical to those needed for an army leader . In Chapter 7 a ...
... commander by Nero . Tacitus tells us that Turpilianus was killed ' without trial or defence'.50 In his chal- lenge to Galba , Otho ( another contender for the imperial purple , and once a staunch supporter of Galba ) is said to have ...
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Claudius and Britannia | 36 |
Prasutagus and Boudica | 67 |
big women in Iron Age Europe | 93 |
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