Boudica - also spelled Boudicca and Boadicea - was the warrior priestess and queen of the Iceni tribe who single-handedly led a major uprising against the occupying Roman forces who had stripped and flogged her, and raped her daughters. While she famously succeeded in defeating the Romans in three great battles, her victories would not last. The Romans rallied and eventually crushed the revolts, executing thousands of Iceni and taking the rest as slaves. Boudicca's name has been remembered through history as the courageous warrior queen who fought for freedom from oppression, for herself, and all the Celtic tribes of Britain. We do not know how, or where death took her but it is believed that she poisoned herself by her own hand rather than being enslaved by her victors. She remains totemic for all who seek to invoke their wild and warrior woman within.
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