#Boadicea

[prof-peach]

How is Boadicea doing these days? I miss seeing updates on her.

Oh you know dragons, she's...well, shes energetic to say the least.

Hitting that stage of 'how far can i push the boundaries' so she's been getting under everyones skin, specifically Val. Annoying her big sister seems to be one of her top tier time wasters right now.

Suffice to say it never ends well for Boa, big baby doesnt know when to quit sometimes. She'll learn.

otherwise been doing a lot of circuit training with her, she's eager to get into this years race circuit, all good and well, she's bomb fast in a straight line, but i can attest to her inability to turn corners suick enough. Taken a fair few tumbles from the seat, into cliffs, into the ocean, into forests. We're woring on it, all doable, she just gets excited, and puts her foot on the gas too soon. Restrait at her age is not the easiest thing to grasp, but every day she gets a little better.

Eating well, playing nice with the other dragons, as friendly as ever with the staff and visitors, she's just an all round good girl, even if shes being a pest. Who can blame her, shes young.

[regwishesshehadmagic]

Arthur and Boadicea, circa 1897

[emmithar-blog]

Night of Brilliance

[royalghostsofhistory]

Boudicca

Queen Boudicca is considered to be a British heroine and a symbol of the struggle for justice and independence. She was a queen of the ancient Iceni tribe, and she led a failed uprising in 60 or 61 CE. Her name literally translates to "Victorious Woman", and it is sometimes spelled Boudica, Boudicca, Boadicea, and Boudicea, and sometimes as Buddug in Welsh.

Not much of Boudicca's early life is known, but it is believed she was not of the Iceni tribe and rather of royal descent. We don't even know when she was born, though it is estimated she was born between 25 and 30 CE. The historian, Cassius Dio, wrote "In stature, she was very tall, in appearance most terrifying, in the glance of her eye most fierce, and her voice was harsh; a great mass of the tawniest hair fell to her hips; around her neck was a large golden necklace; and she wore a tunic of fivers colours over which a thick mantle was fastened with a brooch. This was her invariable attire." However, this was written more than a century after her death and wasn't translated into English until 1925, so it may not be accurate.

She may have married King Prasutagus of the Iceni tribe somewhere between the years of 43-45 CE. The Iceni was a Celtic tribe that inhabited what is now Norfolk in England, a parts of the neighbouring counties of Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Lincolnshire. Her husband may have been one of the eleven kings who surrended to Claudius following the Roman conquest in 43. He was considered an ally of Rome and his tribe was allowed to remain independent to some degree, though disarmed.

Upon Pasutagus' death in 60 or 61 CE, he made his two daughters and the Roman Emperor, Nero, his heirs. The Romans ignored this will and absorbed the kingdom into the province of Brittania. It was Tacitus who detailed the Romans and their pillaging and ransacking, as well as the cruel treatment of Boudicca and her daughters. According to Tacitus, Boudicca was flogged and her daughters, possibly twelve years old, were raped.

Shortly after, Boudicca seemed to become the leading figure in a rebellion against the Romans, possibly because she wanted revenge for the humiliation she and her daughters had suffered. The first move was at Camulodunum (modern Colchester) where the queen captured the Roman forces. As the Roman governor, Seutonius, who was leading a military capaign in Wales, heard about the revolt, he left a garrison on the island of Mona and made his way to deal with Boudicca. He made it to Londinium (Roman London) before Boudicca but he was outnumbered and decided to abandon the town, which was burned down by the rebels after torturing and killing everyone who had remained. The Queen and her army proceeded onto Verulamium (modern St. Albans) and won another victory.

Suetonius regrouped his forces, amassing an army of 10,000 men at an unidentified location. They stood in a defile (a narrow pass or gorge between mountains or hills) and used this terrain to their advantage, apparently throwing javelins at the Britons. Though the Roman army was heavily outnumbered, Boudicca's army was defeated.

While Boudicca survived the battle initially, it is said she poisoned herself or that she fell ill. With Boudicca's defeat, the Roman's secured control over Britain.

In film a TV, Boudicca has been portrayed four times.

Boadicea (1927), a British silent film starring Phyllis Neilson-Terry.

Warrior Queen (1978), a British television series starring Sian Phillips.

Boudica (2003), a British television film starring Alex Kingston.

Boudica (2023), a British drama film starring Olga Kurylenko.

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Boadicea - from Book 21 of The Runiad

x (As Nero fiddled and the city burned) the empire was horribly smitten: Eighty thousand Romans and their proxies died in Britain.  The island could have been lost for good. Moreover, all this ruin Was brought upon us by a woman. This, once understood, Caused no end of shame. Indeed, Heaven gave us indications Of this calamity beforehand. For at night there was heard To issue from our…

[choco-1601]

Why stop at morston? Im gonna ship their horses too. Old boy x boadicea let's gooo

[classicstober]

#ClassicsTober Day 8. Boudicca

Picked by Greg Jenner, Public Historian

[pookiecowpoke]

Boadicea was a feisty one, I like to imagine

[roundworm1111]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: John Marston & Arthur Morgan, Arthur Morgan & Arthur Morgan, Eliza/Arthur Morgan, Abigail Roberts Marston/John Marston, Jack Marston & John Marston, Jack Marston & Arthur Morgan, Abigail Roberts Marston & Arthur Morgan, Arthur Morgan & Dutch van der Linde, Arthur Morgan & Arthur Morgan's Horse Characters: Arthur Morgan, John Marston, Eliza (Red Dead Redemption), Issac (Red Dead Redemption), Dutch van der Linde, Abigail Roberts Marston, Jack Marston, Arthur Morgan's Horse, Player, Player (Red Dead Redemption) Additional Tags: Breaking the Fourth Wall, Fourth Wall, Spoilers, Canon Compliant, Canonical Character Death, Flashbacks, Dead People, Family, Gangs, Violence, Protectiveness, Time Travel, Time Travel Fix-It, Religious Guilt, Abuse, Fix-It, Alcohol, Cigarettes, Canon Universe, Fate & Destiny, Non-Consensual, Mind Control, Revolt, Play Process, Rough Body Play Summary:

Arthur:My past is coming to an end,revenred. Swanson:And I know you will face your destiny like a man,like a warrior. Arthur:That's all I am,a fighter,a killer,and……a crazy man. Swanson:You lived your way,you died your way.But in the time that you have left,don't compromise,and you do everything that you'll have to do,that's just fine. Swanson:I don't have to see,I know you.Fight,and keep fighting!

[emmithar-blog]

Taming Boadicea

Based off my fic 'Just Another Horse', in which Arthur tames Boadicea from the wild.

[miss-bubles]

do you think Amy and Rory ever go to costume parties dressed as a Roman Centurion and Boadicea?

[monalisafuinhacosplay]

From the last Ren Faire at Gloria - Rio de janeiro

[batgovernor]

Jerome Betts, 'Lines On A Lady In Bronze'

(The statue of Boadicea and her Daughters by Thomas Thornycroft was erected in 1902 near Westminster Bridge London.) Set up, the civic skyline Shardless, A proxy late Victoria then, She charges, rein-free, grim, regardless, Towards the Gothic giant, Big Ben. Just what is known about this fiery And long ago wronged ruler’s life? Such fields for scholarly enquiry Are now churned up by toxic…