FML

http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/conquestbritain/articles/boudicca.aspx

Awesome site above. Too bad I am now the official Queen of Procrastination, so no matter how good my sources are, my essay is gunna be uber bad. *sigh*

QUESTION!!!

How does Boudicca's revolt reflect the differences between Celtic and Roman Society? How was this revolt a rejection of enforced Roman rule over Britain?

Iceni Warfare

• Boudicca's army reportedly rivaled between 100,000 and 200,000 people, but this number included women and children.
• In the revolt, the Iceni did not take any prisoners- they killed everyone, ransacked the town and burnt it to the ground.
• They would paint their bodies, and spike their hair up high with lime, blow their war horns and make lots of noise in the hope of scaring the enemy.
• In the final battle between the Britons and the Romans, the Britons were so confident in their victory that they set their carriages with their wives and children around the area to watch. When the battle went south for the Britons, they were unable to run away as they got tangled in their belongings and were rounded up and slaughtered by the opposing Roman forces.
  

Romans Conquest of Lowland Britain

* Romans believed Britain was rich in gold
* South inhabited by tribes like the Belgae related to those in Gaul. The Gallic connection was a reason for invasion, for the Druids repeatedly helped keep alive Gallic hostility to Rome.
*Stormed Colchester, the Catuvellaunian capital and declared it the capital of the new province.
* Romans crossed the Menai Straits and overran the sland, cutting down the sacred Druidical groves.
* Several client kingdoms acknowledged Roman suzerainty: the Iceni in Norfolk, powerful Brigantes in Northern England and the Regni in Sussex.
* Suetonius Paulinus decided to eliminate the Druid stronghold at Anglesey in AD58-believing they were inspiring British resistance. Anglesey was the centre of political and religious resistance.
* Revolt of the Iceni led by Boudicca in AD60 made Suetonius return in a hurry to crush them. However, Roman policies were changed- the publicani (Taxfarmers) were removed and a conciliatory attitude was adopted.

Websites

http://www.shelfari.com/groups/11517/discussions/197252/Boudicca-Queen-of-the-Iceni-Treasure
Retelling of Boudicca's revolt and the Romans

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boudicca
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_conquest_of_Britain#60_.E2.80.93_78
Ye Olde trustworthy Wikipeda pages

http://www.celtnet.org.uk/brythonic-tribes.html
Celtic Tribes in Roman Britain

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/boudicca/a/boudiccatacitus_3.htm
Tacitus The Annals book XIV

http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/britannia/boudica/boudicanrevolt.html
Dio Cassius and Tacitus on Boudicca's revolt and the Romans


FML. I'll go looking for books tomorrow in my free.

Dio Cassius' descirption of Boudicca

http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/britannia/boudica/boudicanrevolt.html

"...a terrible disaster occurred in Britain. Two cities were sacked, eighty thousand of the Romans and of their allies perished, and the island was lost to Rome. Moreover, all this ruin was brought upon the Romans by a woman, a fact which in itself caused them the greatest shame....But the person who was chiefly instrumental in rousing the natives and persuading them to fight the Romans, the person who was thought worthy to be their leader and who directed the conduct of the entire war, was Buduica, a Briton woman of the royal family and possessed of greater intelligence than often belongs to women....In stature she was very tall, in appearance most terrifying, in the glance of her eye most fierce, and her voice was harsh; a great mass of the tawniest hair fell to her hips; around her neck was a large golden necklace; and she wore a tunic of divers colours over which a thick mantle was fastened with a brooch. This was her invariable attire." terrible disaster occurred in Britain. Two cities were sacked, eighty thousand of the Romans and of their allies perished, and the island was lost to Rome. Moreover, all this ruin was brought upon the Romans by a woman, a fact which in itself caused them the greatest shame....But the person who was chiefly instrumental in rousing the natives and persuading them to fight the Romans, the person who was thought worthy to be their leader and who directed the conduct of the entire war, was Buduica, a Briton woman of the royal family and possessed of greater intelligence than often belongs to women....In stature she was very tall, in appearance most terrifying, in the glance of her eye most fierce, and her voice was harsh; a great mass of the tawniest hair fell to her hips; around her neck was a large golden necklace; and she wore a tunic of divers colours over which a thick mantle was fastened with a brooch. This was her invariable attire."

Dio, Roman History (LXII 1-2)

And now I must go, for my brother needs the computer...

A poor excuse for a procrastinator.

Ok, I posted like 4 hours ago that I had two possible questions, but I'm pretty sure the first question is what i will be doing- I'll be able to use the Roman sources Tacitus and Cassius Dio, and also look at the methods of Iceni warfare compared to that of the Romans.

Assess the impact of the Roman occupation in Britain on the Iceni and other Celtic tribes. Explain what Boudicca's revolt tell us about Celtic and Roman warfare.

yada yada yada something along those lines.

It's very interesting though :D