Boudicca: Just Ruler or power Mongering Tyrant

Early In the days of Roman Britain, in the 1st century AD, there lived a warrior queen by the name of Boudicca. Flame-haired and proud, she ruled the Iceni. The lands she governed were located in what is now East Anglia; she had inherited them from her late husband, Prasutagus. When he died, he had left half his lands to Boudicca and her daughters, and the other half to the Emperor Nero, as a sort …

…that Boudicca's control was slipping. Yet having destroyed three major towns and with the defeat of the Romans resting on one final battle the Celts should have been more united behind Boudicca than ever. Boudicca revolted for her own political ambitions and if she had not been clouded by her excitement of beating the Romans she would have taken more care and would have probably won the battle for Britain, but more importantly, for her.