Folklore Forensics

Boudica: The Warrior Queen Who Burned Down Rome

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Three Roman cities burned. Tens of thousands died. And the woman who led the attack had once been publicly flogged by the empire she destroyed. Entire settlements were destroyed as Roman forces struggled to contain a rebellion led by a widowed queen whose lands had been seized, whose daughters had been assaulted, and whose authority had been stripped under imperial law.

Today, we reopen the…