Boudica
Iron Age Warrior Queen
Boudica, or Boadicea, queen of the Iceni, led a famous revolt against Roman rule in Britain in AD 60, sacking London, Colchester and St Albans and throwing the province into chaos. Although then defeated by the governor, Suetonius Paulinus, her rebellion sent a shock wave across the empire. Who was this woman who defied Rome? Boudica: Iron Age Warrior Queen is an account of what we know about the real woman, from classical literature, written for the consumption of readers in Rome, and from the archaeological evidence. It also traces her extraordinary posthumous career as the earliest famous woman in British history. Since the Renaissance she…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Unwin, Christina
- ISBN: 978-0-8264-4060-0
- EAN: 9780826440600
- Produktnummer: 17004638
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 15'239 KB
- Abbildungen: 52
Über den Autor
Richard Hingley is Professor in Roman Archaeology at the University of Durham and the author of Roman Officers and English Gentlemen.
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