The Iceni’s Queen Boudicca Who Revolted Against Roman Rule

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Iceni people were British Celts who occupied the area of modern Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, and northwest Suffolk. The tribe represented a significant power in eastern Britain during Claudius' conquest of Britain in 43 AD.

In 47 AD, the Iceni rose in revolt after the Romans tried to enforce a law forbidding the carrying of weapons and to increase Roman influence over the tribe's affairs; their protest was put down, and Prasagustas was established as a client king.

Prasutagas decided that it would be wise to make his will, assigning half of his personal property to the Roman emperor, and so it remained. However, when he died in 61 AD, the situation changed. The king's will was ignored, and the kingdom was annexed.

Boudica, Prasutagas's widow and queen of the Iceni tribe, was publicly flogged, her daughters raped, and the estates of the most prominent Iceni men were confiscated. In 61 AD, Boudicca led the Iceni and the neighboring Trinovantes in revolt against Roman rule.

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