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[quote:Sacred Geometry:MV80MDY0NjE2XzczNjM2ODAzXzZEMUE4RUNC] BOUDICA The story of Boudica is an amazing one. A woman who refused to be bullied, she stood up for herself, and took on the might of the Roman Empire. This poem for kids by British writers Jon Bratton and Paul Perro was written in 2009, and celebrates Boudica's heroic stand. If, after you have enjoyed the poem, you would like to know more about the warrior queen, please scroll down a little further for some interesting facts. The illustrations on this page are by Mike Rooth. [ + Video at link] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOUDICA WARRIOR QUEEN OF THE ICENI This is a tale of Boudica. The Iceni Warrior Queen, One of the most fearsome women There has ever been. She wore colourful clothes and she was tall and strong and loud. She had a mane of long red hair. You’d spot her in a crowd. She and her husband the King ruled a place where Norfolk is today. The king made a deal with the Romans and paid them to stay away. When the king died though things did not go as planned. The Romans decided to claim all the king’s wealth and land. They came and stole from the Britons who were angry at being cheated. What’s more the romans were violent - The Queen and her daughters mistreated. Queen Boudica was quite outraged; She had never been angrier. She summoned all of the tribes to a place now called East Anglia. "We can't let them do this to us!" She said, "It isn’t right. Let's get an army together and let’s give the Romans a fight!" [Boudica in her chariot] So all of the tribes joined forces, they were led by the red-haired Queen It was the biggest army that Britain had ever seen. Boudica’s army marched around and they attacked town after town. Wherever they found Romans lived they burned their houses down. In the end though the Britons lost, and the Romans were the winners. The Romans were well-trained soldiers, and the Britons, just beginners. And Boudicca's massive army suffered its final defeat well beaten by the Romans at The Battle of Watling Street. Yes Boudica lost in the end, The Romans won, it's true, but Boudica had scared them and taught them a lesson or two. Yes they regretted they’d crossed her, they paid a price for being mean to the Britons, and the princesses, and the mighty Warrior Queen. ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ [b]NUMBER 10[/b] FACTS ABOUT BOUDICA Women had few rights under Roman law, so when the Iceni king died and was succeeded by his widow Boudica (or Boadicea), the Romans did not accept it. Boadica was publicly beaten and her two daughters raped by Roman soldiers. Boadica's response was to raise the biggest army Britain had ever seen, and destroy Roman settlements across Britain, including London. Eventually though, her hordes were defeated by superior Roman skills and tactics (even though they outnumbered the Romans 20 to 1) Boudica took poison rather than fall into the hands of the enemy. [b]There is a story that Boudica's body lies where she fell, in the place that is now Platform 10 of Kings Cross Station in London. In fact, this is the reason that Harry Potter's Hogwarts Express leaves from platform nine and three quarters.[/b] However, sadly, this is a myth. The Warrior Queen's final battle was actually in modern Warwickshire. http://www.history-for-kids.com/boudica.html [youtube]https://youtube.com/watch?v=88FQDNPkB44[/youtube] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=88FQDNPkB44 . [/quote]
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