In 60 AD, Boudica, queen of the Iceni, rose against Roman occupation after her family was humiliated. Her army razed three Roman cities and struck terror across Britain, before being crushed at the Battle of Watling Street. #Boudica #WomenWarriors #HerstoryRetold #womeninhistory #herstory | Herstory Retold

Boudica was a Celtic queen of the Iceni tribe in eastern Britain, living under Roman occupation in the 1st century AD. By the time her revolt began in AD 60–61, she was likely in her 30s or early 40s, a widow, and the mother of two daughters whose names were never recorded. After the death of her husband, Prasutagus, Rome ignored his will, seized Iceni lands, and moved to eliminate native leadership. According to the Roman historian Tacitus, Boudica was publicly flogged, and her two daughters we