Why did the Romans capture Boudicca and her tribe? Stacey (14)
The Romans did not capture Boudicca following her defeat after leading a revolt against them. It is not certain whether she killed herself to avoid capture or simply died. But, as you probably know, before her defeat she led a major revolt against the Romans, leading her tribe, the Iceni and also the Trinovantes, destroying Camulodunum (Colchester), Londinium (London) and Verulamium (St Albans). Boudicca has become a sort of British folk heroine, treated inhumanely by the ‘civilised’ Romans and standing up for herself, her tribe and the Britons (you may gather that I don’t like the Romans …)
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