• REVOLUTIONARY
  
• Led an uprising against Roman conquerors in Britain
• Her husband had been appointed leader of his region by the Romans, but when he died, Roman soldiers invaded and attacked Boudicca and her daughters
• Boudicca rallied her people and ransacked three Roman cities, including London​
• Eventually defeated by the commander of the Roman troops but avoided capture
• ​Often called the queen of an ancient Celtic tribe known as the Iceni, but it's unclear if that was a title she actually held in life or if it was given to her by historians
• Over the years she has become a symbol of freedom, and many have claimed her as a feminist martyr as well
• Name also appears as Boadicea or Boudica

Photo: Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped)

Not So Awesome

Although Boudicca certainly had good reason to detest the Romans, neither she nor her followers differentiated between soldiers and civilians, killing any -- and I mean any -- Roman they encountered.

Bibliography: Kampen, Natalie B. "Boudicca." The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History, Vol. 1, Oxford University Press, 2008, 250-251.

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