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-'''Boudicca''' or '''Boadicea''' was a queen of the [[Iceni]] tribe in [[Celts|Celtic]] [[Britain]], in the area now known as East Anglia. Following the death of her husband Prasutagus, the Iceni ruler, Boudicca was flogged by the new Roman overlords and her daughters were [[rape|raped]]. Bioudicca launched upon a war of revenge,slaughtering four [[Rome|Roman]] legions and razing (burning) the [[Roman]] cities of Colchester (Camolodunum), St Albans (Verulamium) and [[London|Londinium]]. She killed every Roman citizen she found in the city and threw their heads into [[The Thames]]. One of the skulls can be seen on display in the Museum of London.
-She is usually depicted riding a [[chariot]] with [scythe]]s attached to its wheels.
-[[Tacitus]] describes her sympathetically.