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A Long and Illustrious History › Early Britain
What is the significance of Boadicea (Boudicca)?
- She was a queen of the Iceni tribe who led a major revolt against Roman rule
- She was the first Queen of England
- She was a Celtic goddess worshipped across Britain
- She was a Saxon princess who married a Norman king
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Boudicca was queen of the Iceni tribe in what is now East Anglia, and around AD 60 or 61 she led a major uprising against Roman rule, destroying Camulodunum (Colchester), Londinium (London), and Verulamium (St Albans). Her revolt was eventually defeated, but she remains a powerful symbol of resistance.