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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... enemy weapons would make them yield - and no wounds either.66 Such enthusiasm for battle apparently caused Ostorius Scapula to blench , but his forces were ready to engage the enemy and , after an initial setback , routed Caratacus's ...
... enemy : the total loss of the province . The arrogance of the Roman atti- tude is embedded in the phrase ' it is not our adversaries we are about to engage but our slaves whom we have conquered even when they were free and independent ...
... enemy's worst affliction was famine . For they had neglected sowing their fields and brought everyone available into the army , intending to seize our supplies . Tacitus Annals1 A t the end of Chapter 7 we left the defeated Boudica dead ...
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Claudius and Britannia | 36 |
Prasutagus and Boudica | 67 |
big women in Iron Age Europe | 93 |
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