PRASUTAGUS, KING OF THE ICENI TRIBE IN MEANWHILE, PRASUTAGUS BOUDICA HAS TWO DAUGHTERS. BUT NORFOLK, CALLS A MEETING WITH THE LOCAL MEETS BOUDICA… ELSEWHERE THINGS AREN’T SO ROSY… ROMAN GOVERNOR. HE WANTS TO DO A DEAL…
MARRY ME! I WANT THE ROMANS ARE I CAN’T PLEASE SPARE MY YOU HAVE A DEAL, OLD STEALING OUR LAND! AFFORD PEOPLE. WE CAN BE YOU TO RULE THE FOOL. BUT YOU MUST DO ICENI WHEN I DIE! THEIR FRIENDS, NOT ENEMIES. EVERYTHING WE SAY, OK? TAXES!
Discover the incredible story of a woman who brought rival tribes together and fought against the Roman invasion of Britain... OH GO ON, THEN. I QUITE FANCY BEING QUEEN, ACTUALLY! WE’VE BECOME AND THEIR BRITAIN, ABOUT AD 30: THE COUNTRY IS DIVIDED INTO MANY MEANWHILE, IN A SMALL VILLAGE IN A PART OF EASTERN BRITAIN THEIR SLAVES! PET FOOD FIERCE TRIBES OF WARRIORS – AND THEY DON’T GET ON… NOW KNOWN AS EAST ANGLIA, A LITTLE GIRL IS BORN… IS LOUSY!
WHAT SHALL BY AD60, KING PRASUTAGUS IS GRAVELY ILL, SO BUT THE ROMANS AREN’T SATISFIED... THE SOLDIERS EVEN KIDNAP WE CALL HER, BOUDICA. IT MEANS HE DECIDES TO DIVIDE UP HIS POSSESSIONS… BOUDICA’S DAUGHTERS… ‘VICTORY’ AND I MY DEAR? FORGET THAT – RECKON THIS GIRL HA! THE FOOL BOUDICA, YOU WILL LET’S BAG IT ALL! SHALL WE TAKE IS GOING TO DO IS DEAD. AND BECOME THE NEW BOUDICA, TOO? GREAT THINGS. HE’S OFFERED RULER OF THE ROME HALF HIS ICENI TRIBE… POSSESSIONS!
THE ICENI ARE NO THEY’RE NOT! WAY BETTER THE TRINOVANTES THAN THE ARE SO THE BEST! TRINOVANTES! BUT MY WEALTH MUST COME ON THEN, BE SHARED BETWEEN MY NO, DON’T BOTHER. LET’S WRESTLE YAY – GIRL DAUGHTERS AND THE SHE’S NO MATCH FOR IT, BALDY! POWER! ROMAN EMPEROR. FOR US ROMANS!
BUT THE ROMANS HAVEN’T BARGAINED ON BOUDICA’S BOUDICA LEADS 120,000 ICENI AND TRINOVANTES WARRIORS INTO WAR… BOUDICA GROWS INTO A STRONG LITTLE GIRL – AND BY AD43, WHEN BOUDICA’S A TEENAGER, TERRIBLE COURAGE. SHE SPEAKS TO THE TRINOVANTES’ LEADER… QUICKLY LEARNS TO STAND UP FOR HERSELF… RUMOURS START TO SPREAD AMONG THE TRIBES… I’M NOT SURE THIS GIVE ’EM LET’S STOP FIGHTING EACH OTHER BLUE WAR PAINT HERE! AND UNITE AGAINST THE ROMANS! IS MY COLOUR…
YOU’VE GOT A DEAL, BO! WE CAN’T LET THEM THAT’S WHAT YIKES! THEY NO WAY! GET TAKE OUR FREEDOM! YOUR OWN I CALL GOOD LOOK SCARY! SWEETS! ONE DAY, I’LL SHOW ’EM NEIGH-BOURS! THAT NOBODY PUSHES HELP! THE ROMANS EEK! I’M BOUDICA AROUND! ARE COMING! THEY’VE OUTTA INVADED BRITAIN AND HERE! AND HER WARRIORS CONQUER THE ROMAN TOWNS ARE HEADING OUR WAY! OF COLCHESTER, LONDON AND ST ALBANS…
WOW! SHE’S THE ROMANS TRY CHANGING THE WAY THE BRITONS LIVE THEIR LIVES… AND SO THE ROMAN INVADERS SLOWLY MARCH ACROSS TOUGHER THAN BRITAIN, CONQUERING THE TRIBES. SOME FIGHT, BUT MANY StuartIllustration: Harrison WE THOUGHT! LOCAL RULERS GIVE UP, LETTING THE ROMANS TAKE OVER…
GO, BOUDICA!
I’M BIG, I’M BLUE, AND I’M COMING AFTER YOU! OLIVE OIL?! HA! ROME WILL SOON EWW! IT’S WHAT’S ALL THIS THE ROMANS EVENTUALLY DEFEATED BOUDICA’S ARMY IN WARWICKSHIRE. BUT HER STRENGTH AND COURAGE LIVED ON IN THE THEY’RE NOT RULE THE WORLD! ALL SLIMY! NEW MONEY? I HEARTS OF BRITONS FOR CENTURIES. IN FACT, THERE’S STILL A STATUE OF BOUDICA ON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE IN LONDON, TODAY! WANT OUR OLD GONNA GET ME COINS BACK! SPEAKING LATIN!