An ancient warrior queen of the Iceni, a Celtic tribe in Britain during the
time of Emperor Nero. When her husband died, the Romans ignored his
will, which stated that his daughters and Rome were to rule his kingdom jointly; Boudica was flogged while her daughters were raped. Infuriated, Boudica rallied her people and neighboring tribes in a violent campaign against
Roman occupation.
Boudica's people sacked many
Roman forts, including London and Colchester, slaughtering their inhabitants and sending the survivors running... until Suetonius regrouped his
army in the Midlands and defeated the indigenous army. Boudica poisoned herself to avoid capture.
Boudica, refusing to let her
Roman attackers wrong not only herself and her daughters but their people, showed the Roman
Empire that women could kick ass as
well as any man.