BOADICEA  , strictly BOUDICcA, a See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen in the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• NERO (37-68)

Nero . Her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband Prasutagus ruled the Icenl (in what is now See also:

• NORFOLK
• NORFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Norfolk) as an autonomous See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince under See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• SUZERAINTY

suzerainty . On his See also:

• DEATH

death (A.D . 6,i) without male See also:

• HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir, his dominions were annexed, and the See also:

• ANNEXATION (Lat. ad, to, and nexus, joining)

annexation was carried out brutally . He had by his will divided his private See also:

• WEALTH

wealth between his two daughters and Nero, trusting thereby to win imperial favour for his See also:

• FAMILY

family . Instead, his wife was scourged (doubtless for resisting the annexation), his daughters outraged, his See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief tribesmen plundered . The proud, fierce queen and her See also:

• PEOPLE

people See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose, and not alone . With them rose See also:

• HALF

half See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, enraged, for other causes, at Roman See also:

• RULE

rule . Roman See also:

• TAXATION
• TAXATION (from " tax," derived, through the French, from Lat. taxare, to appraise, which again is connected with the same root as tangere, to touch)

taxation and See also:

• CONSCRIPTION (from Lat. con-, together, and scribere, to write)

conscription See also:

• LAY

lay heavy on the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province; in addition, the Roman See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government had just revoked See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial concessions made a few years earlier, and L . Annaeus See also:

• SENECA

Seneca, who combined the parts of a moralist and a See also:

• MONEY

money-lender, had abruptly recalled large loans made from his private wealth to British chiefs . A favourable See also:

• CHANCE (through the O. Fr. cheance, from the Late Lat. cadentia, things happening, from cadere, to fall out, happen; cf. " case ")

chance for revolt was provided by the See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of the See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, Suetonius See also:

• PAULINUS (d. 644)
• PAULINUS, GAIUS SUETONIUS (1st century A.D.)

Paulinus, and most of his troops in See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales and See also:

• ANGLESEY, ARTHUR ANNESLEY
• ANGLESEY, HENRY WILLIAM PAGET
• ANGLESEY, or ANGLESEA

Anglesey . All See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east Britain joined the See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement .

Paulinus rushed back without waiting for his troops, but he could do nothing alone . The Britons burnt the Roman municipalities of Verulam and See also:

• COLCHESTER
• COLCHESTER, CHARLES ABBOT, 1ST BARON (1757-1829)

Colchester, the mart of See also:

• LONDON

London, and several military posts, massacred " over 70,000 " See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans and Britons friendly to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, and almost annihilated the Ninth See also:

• LEGION (Lat. legio)

Legion marching from See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln to the See also:

• RESCUE (in Middle Eng. rescous, from O. Fr. recousse, Low Lat. rescussa, from reexcussa,reexcutere, to shake off again, re, again, ex, off, quatere, to shake)

rescue . At last Paulinus, who seems to have rejoined his See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, met the Britons in the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field . The site of the See also:

• BATTLE

battle is unknown . One writer has put it at See also:

• CHESTER
• CHESTER, EARLS OF

Chester; others at London, where See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King's See also:

• CROSS

Cross had once a narrow See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape of being christened Boadicea's Cross, and actually for many years See also:

• BORE

bore the name of Battle See also:

• BRIDGE

Bridge, in supposed reference to this battle . Probably, however, it was on Watling See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street, between London and Chester . In a desperate soldiers' battle Rome regained the province . Boadicea took See also:

• POISON

poison; thousands of Britons See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell in the fight or were hunted down in the ensuing See also:

• GUERRILLA (erroneously written " guerilla," being the diminutive of the Span. guerra, war)

guerrilla . Finally, Rome adopted a kindlier policy, and Britain became quiet . But the scantiness of Romano-British remains in Norfolk may be due to the severity with which the Iceni were crushed . See See also:

• TACITUS, CORNELIUS (c. 55-120)
• TACITUS, MARCUS CLAUDIUS

Tacitus, See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

Annals, xiv . ; Agric. xv.; Dio lxii .

The name Boudicca seems to mean in See also:

• CELTIC

Celtic much the same as See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria . (F . J .