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Boudicca

(62 ad) queen of the Iceni


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(d. ad 62),

a queen of the Britons, ruler of the Iceni tribe in eastern England; also known as Boadicea. Boudicca led her forces in revolt against the Romans and sacked Colchester, St Albans, and London before being defeated by the Roman governor Suetonius Paulinus.

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Boudicca (d. 61 ce)
in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome Length: 448 words
Boudicca
in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2) Length: 97 words
Boudicca
in The Oxford Companion to British History (1 rev) Length: 252 words
Boudicca
in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev) Length: 159 words

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