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'''Boudicca''' (died c. 61 CE) was a queen of the {{wiki|Celtic Britons|Celtic}} {{wiki|Iceni}} tribe in [[Great Britain|Britannia]] who led a bold yet failed {{Wiki|Boudican revolt|uprising}} against the {{Wiki|Roman conquest of Britain|invading}} [[Roman Empire]] around 60 CE. | '''Boudicca''' (died c. 61 CE) was a queen of the {{wiki|Celtic Britons|Celtic}} {{wiki|Iceni}} tribe in [[Great Britain|Britannia]] who led a bold yet failed {{Wiki|Boudican revolt|uprising}} against the {{Wiki|Roman conquest of Britain|invading}} [[Roman Empire]] around 60 CE. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Boudicca's husband | Boudicca's husband {{Wiki|Prasutagus}} was a client king of [[Rome]], being allowed to be nominally independent. Upon his death however, the [[Roman Empire|Romans]] defied his will, and dispossessed his family of land, goods and the tribe itself, while both Boudicca and their daughters were raped and beaten.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Database: Boudicca]]</ref> | ||
Determined for revenge, Boudicca raised an army and led a rebellion with the Iceni across Britannia. In addition to mutilating statues and desecrating the Roman tonbs, Boudicca also sacked the cities of [[Colchester|Camulodunum]], [[London|Londinium]], and {{Wiki|Verulamium}};<ref name="Database" /> Londinium in particular was said to be burned to the ground.<ref name="Compass">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Smashing the Compass]]</ref> | Determined for revenge, Boudicca raised an army and led a rebellion with the Iceni across Britannia. In addition to mutilating statues and desecrating the Roman tonbs, Boudicca also sacked the cities of [[Colchester|Camulodunum]], [[London|Londinium]], and {{Wiki|Verulamium}};<ref name="Database" /> Londinium in particular was said to be burned to the ground.<ref name="Compass">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Smashing the Compass]]</ref> | ||
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Centuries later in 873, the [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] friar Harold recorded Boudicca's exploits in his ''Annals of History'', describing her as "''a woman, painted in blue, screeching like an [[eagle]], blood on her teeth, death in her eyes.''"<ref name="Annals of History">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Viking Expansion notes]]: Annals of History (IV)</ref>{{Cite|28 Nov 2021. Note missing}} | Centuries later in 873, the [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] friar Harold recorded Boudicca's exploits in his ''Annals of History'', describing her as "''a woman, painted in blue, screeching like an [[eagle]], blood on her teeth, death in her eyes.''"<ref name="Annals of History">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Viking Expansion notes]]: Annals of History (IV)</ref>{{Cite|28 Nov 2021. Note missing}} | ||
Boudicca's sack of London was later mentioned by the dying [[Order of the Ancients]] admiral [[Vicelin]] to the [[Raven Clan]] [[Vikings|Viking]] [[Eivor Varinsdottir]],<ref name="Compass" /> who would go on to find the queen's tomb and claim both sets of [[Fallen Hero Bracer|bracers]] and [[Fallen Hero | Boudicca's sack of London was later mentioned by the dying [[Order of the Ancients]] admiral [[Vicelin]] to the [[Raven Clan]] [[Vikings|Viking]] [[Eivor Varinsdottir]],<ref name="Compass" /> who would go on to find the queen's tomb and claim both sets of [[Fallen Hero Bracer|bracers]] and [[Fallen Hero Greaves|greaves]] from locked [[Treasure chest|chests]] after bypassing Manius' numerous traps.<ref name="ACV" /> | ||
Over a millenium later in 1916 during [[World War I]], the [[British Brotherhood of Assassins|British Assassin]] [[Lydia Frye]] found Boudicca's Torque in a locked chest in London.<ref name="ACS">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[The Darkest Hour]]</ref> | Over a millenium later in 1916 during [[World War I]], the [[British Brotherhood of Assassins|British Assassin]] [[Lydia Frye]] found Boudicca's Torque in a locked chest in London.<ref name="ACS">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[The Darkest Hour]]</ref> | ||
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Boudicca (died c. 61 CE) was a queen of the Celtic Iceni tribe in Britannia who led a bold yet failed uprising against the invading Roman Empire around 60 CE.
Biography
Boudicca's husband Prasutagus was a client king of Rome, being allowed to be nominally independent. Upon his death however, the Romans defied his will, and dispossessed his family of land, goods and the tribe itself, while both Boudicca and their daughters were raped and beaten.[1]
Determined for revenge, Boudicca raised an army and led a rebellion with the Iceni across Britannia. In addition to mutilating statues and desecrating the Roman tonbs, Boudicca also sacked the cities of Camulodunum, Londinium, and Verulamium;[1] Londinium in particular was said to be burned to the ground.[2]
Boudicca eventually lost to the rallying Roman troops in what is now the Midlands of England. Rather than allowing herself to be captured, Boudicca instead took poison to end her life.[1] The Britons celebrated her efforts against the Romans and buried her within an Isu vault in East Anglia.[3]
Legacy
Centuries later in 873, the Anglo-Saxon friar Harold recorded Boudicca's exploits in his Annals of History, describing her as "a woman, painted in blue, screeching like an eagle, blood on her teeth, death in her eyes."[4] [citation needed]
Boudicca's sack of London was later mentioned by the dying Order of the Ancients admiral Vicelin to the Raven Clan Viking Eivor Varinsdottir,[2] who would go on to find the queen's tomb and claim both sets of bracers and greaves from locked chests after bypassing Manius' numerous traps.[3]
Over a millenium later in 1916 during World War I, the British Assassin Lydia Frye found Boudicca's Torque in a locked chest in London.[5]
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed: Syndicate (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (ghost only)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Database: Boudicca
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Smashing the Compass
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Floating conversations: Tombs of the Fallen
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Viking Expansion notes: Annals of History (IV)
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – The Darkest Hour