Boudica was the Queen of the Iceni in Celtic Britain at a time when Nero ruled in Rome. Her husband was an ally of Rome and ruled a principality that he left to Boudica and his daughters upon his death.
The Romans ignored his will, had Boudica flogged and then raped her two young children.
Boudica rose up as a warrior Queen with thousands of Iceni supporting her. She attacked and destroyed three major cities and took over London, forcing the Romans to flee.
Her power was so great that Rome considered pulling their legions out of Britain.
In our febrile and dying patriarchal world where women are degraded and turned into objects of weakness and scorn, to be sexually reviled, we tend to forget that women like Boudica once ruled, and many like her. Of course, they were largely written out of history, because history was written by men.
They are rising up again.
The Romans ignored his will, had Boudica flogged and then raped her two young children.
Boudica rose up as a warrior Queen with thousands of Iceni supporting her. She attacked and destroyed three major cities and took over London, forcing the Romans to flee.
Her power was so great that Rome considered pulling their legions out of Britain.
In our febrile and dying patriarchal world where women are degraded and turned into objects of weakness and scorn, to be sexually reviled, we tend to forget that women like Boudica once ruled, and many like her. Of course, they were largely written out of history, because history was written by men.
They are rising up again.