Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

BOADICEA

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 94 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

BOADICEA , strictly BOUDICcA, a See also:

British See also:queen in the See also:time of the See also:emperor See also:Nero. Her See also:husband Prasutagus ruled the Icenl (in what is now See also:Norfolk) as an autonomous See also:prince under See also:Roman See also:suzerainty. On his See also:death (A.D. 6,i) without male See also:heir, his dominions were annexed, and the See also:annexation was carried out brutally. He had by his will divided his private See also:wealth between his two daughters and Nero, trusting thereby to win imperial favour for his See also:family. Instead, his wife was scourged (doubtless for resisting the annexation), his daughters outraged, his See also:chief tribesmen plundered. The proud, fierce queen and her See also:people See also:rose, and not alone. With them rose See also:half See also:Britain, enraged, for other causes, at Roman See also:rule. Roman See also:taxation and See also:conscription See also:lay heavy on the See also:province; in addition, the Roman See also:government had just revoked See also:financial concessions made a few years earlier, and L. Annaeus See also:Seneca, who combined the parts of a moralist and a See also:money-lender, had abruptly recalled large loans made from his private wealth to British chiefs. A favourable See also:chance for revolt was provided by the See also:absence of the See also:governor-See also:general, Suetonius See also:Paulinus, and most of his troops in See also:North See also:Wales and See also:Anglesey. All See also:south-See also:east Britain joined the See also:movement.

Paulinus rushed back without waiting for his troops, but he could do nothing alone. The Britons burnt the Roman municipalities of Verulam and See also:

Colchester, the mart of See also:London, and several military posts, massacred " over 70,000 " See also:Romans and Britons friendly to See also:Rome, and almost annihilated the Ninth See also:Legion marching from See also:Lincoln to the See also:rescue. At last Paulinus, who seems to have rejoined his See also:army, met the Britons in the See also:field. The site of the See also:battle is unknown. One writer has put it at See also:Chester; others at London, where See also:King's See also:Cross had once a narrow See also:escape of being christened Boadicea's Cross, and actually for many years See also:bore the name of Battle See also:Bridge, in supposed reference to this battle. Probably, however, it was on Watling See also:Street, between London and Chester. In a desperate soldiers' battle Rome regained the province. Boadicea took See also:poison; thousands of Britons See also:fell in the fight or were hunted down in the ensuing See also:guerrilla. Finally, Rome adopted a kindlier policy, and Britain became quiet. But the scantiness of Romano-British remains in Norfolk may be due to the severity with which the Iceni were crushed. See See also:Tacitus, See also:Annals, xiv. ; Agric. xv.; Dio lxii.

The name Boudicca seems to mean in See also:

Celtic much the same as See also:Victoria. (F. J.

End of Article: BOADICEA

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
BOABDIL (a corruption of the name Abu Abdullah) 		[next]
BOAR (0. Eng. bar; the word is found only in W. Ger...

Site © 2006 - Net Industries