Who was Boudicca?

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  1. Puka was the first queen of England
  2. in the first century Anno
  3. Domini. She was a part of the Celtic tribe known as the
  4. Aina.
  5. Let's take a look at her fascinating life.
  6. Bolia
  7. is known for being a working king of the
  8. people.
  9. Not much is known about the AA
  10. tribe. Prior to the Roman conquest of Britain,
  11. they made a treaty with the Romans at the time of Claudius's invasion of Britain
  12. in 43.
  13. This meant that the Roman army would not attack
  14. the tribe and would allow it to keep its lands
  15. after a rebellion. In 47 the local Roman governor was replaced by a client king,
  16. a king who is very supportive of the Roman Empire,
  17. who was the husband of Bolia
  18. Proteus.
  19. The
  20. I I in the first century,
  21. occupied the present-day English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk.
  22. It is not sure when Bua
  23. was born,
  24. but it's believed that happened around 80 30
  25. into an elite family in Southeast England.
  26. At about seven years old,
  27. she lived with a second family where she remained until she was about 14.
  28. In this period.
  29. She learned the history, the traditions, the religion,
  30. cultures of the Celtic tribes and the military art.
  31. In 18 48. At the age of 18,
  32. Budhia
  33. married PRESTA
  34. and gave birth to two daughters called
  35. Isda and
  36. Sera.
  37. She remained at his husband's side until his death from illness. In 80 60 61
  38. in 60 61 80 Queen
  39. Bua with
  40. Ana, her tribe and other clans started a rebellion against the Romans.
  41. According to the Roman historian Casone
  42. Modica decided to start this fight
  43. since Romans wanted to gain Kels land and demanded expensive taxes.
  44. Budhia
  45. was soon chosen to lead the revolt.
  46. Her oratory skills were said to be quite impressive,
  47. not willing to leave anything to chance.
  48. Budka also performed act of divination
  49. to raise the morale of the army and hopefully guarantee victory.
  50. This helped us to understand how important this victory was for Kes
  51. Budka had led 100 and 20,000 people against the Roman forces in Britain.
  52. And in consequence, they destroyed multiple Roman settlements for instance.
  53. And also
  54. our army was in form of just men
  55. but also women could fight.
  56. The
  57. Aina tribe also started to conspire with their neighborhood tribes,
  58. creating a big and strong army.
  59. Here we can see a map of the city who were
  60. attacked and also destroyed by the cars during the war.
  61. Sadly, the Romans were able to gather a newer and stronger army.
  62. Bua
  63. and their own army had no choice but to escape.
  64. As most of them had been captured, killed or had decided to withdraw.
  65. Now, let's take a look to some curiosities about Queen
  66. Buka.
  67. The correct form of her name is Buddhika with double C or Buddhika
  68. with a single C
  69. and it is related to Buddha which means victory.
  70. Monica was such an important figure that she is represented in a statue in London.
  71. It is located to the north side of the western end of Westminster Bridge near
  72. House and Westminster Pier facing Big Ben and
  73. the palace of Westminster across the road.
  74. The artist and engineer Thomas Toney Croft began to work on a
  75. statue in the 18 fifties with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert Balding.
  76. In
  77. his commission,
  78. inspired by the parallels between the two queens, which both names mean victory.
  79. Toney
  80. sculpture. Boria
  81. after young Victoria
  82. and the prince's horses were the models for the horses that pulled.
  83. Bua
  84. Turning Croft died in 18 85 before the computation of the sculpture and his son,
  85. Sir John Isaac Toro
  86. took over the assignment.
  87. Lack of founding and location delayed its installation
  88. and it was unveiled at Westminster Bridge only in June of 19 oh two.
  89. The bronze statue depicts Buddhika and their two daughters mounted
  90. on a size chariot drawn by two galloping horses.
  91. She's standing up in the center of the chariot holding a spear in her right hand
  92. and outstretching her left hand in a regular gesture.
  93. Her two daughters are standing either side of her in the chart.
  94. Buddhika warrior Queen is a biographical
  95. historical film which talks about Queen Bud's
  96. life.
  97. It's actually focused on the last year of the queen's life
  98. in which she led her army against the woman's forces.
  99. Boa
  100. is starred by Alex Kingston who also appeared in doctor who and Law and Order
  101. Guica
  102. died shortly after losing her final battle.
  103. She is believed to have died either from taking potion or from shock or illness.
  104. Cassius
  105. style.
  106. And
  107. Tatu differ on what happened next to the warrior queen.
  108. Tao
  109. says she fell ill and died after the bottle with the status
  110. says she poisoned herself.
  111. However,
  112. nothing in the history tells of what happened to her two daughters.