Boadicea is a celebrated war queen who led an ultimately unsuccessful rebellion against the Roman occupation of ancient Britain in the 1st century AD Our knowledge of Boadicea comes from the works of Roman historians , Tacitus and Cassius Dio. The Agricola and the Annals of Tatius together with the Roman History of Cassius Dio are the three main works documenting the violent legacy of Boadicea. The only known description of her is found in the work of Cassius Dio: she was enormously built, terrifying in appearance, and with a harsh voice. A great mass of bright red hair fell to her knees: she wore a large twisted gold necklace and a tunic of many colors, over which was a thick cloak, fastened with a brooch. She now held a spear, to strike fear into all who beheld her… (Dudley and Webster, 54) Cassius' illustration of Boadicea portrays an extremely intimidating and powerful woman who could kill as easily as any man. In fact, Celtic women (unlike many other women of the time) were trained to fight in the same way as men. Boadicea (known as Buddug in Welsh) was born around 30 AD in south-east England. Eighteen years later, around 48 AD, she married Prasutagus, chief of the British Iceni tribe, located in the modern country of Norfolk. The tribe was one of sixteen civitates or client kingdoms created by the Romans in Britain. The creation of civitates was the Roman way of governing the Celtic tribes who previously dominated Britain before the Roman occupation. Being a civitate, the Iceni tribe was granted semi-independence from the Roman occupiers and Prasutagus was still allowed to rule its citizens. However, the Romans still imposed high taxes and even slavery on the Iceni tribe, establishing relationships with...... middle of paper ...... January 13, 2014. .Bennighof, Mike. Boudicca's war. November 2013. Internet. January 12, 2014. .Pettigrew, Kaitlyn. Foreign women in Latin literature: . Master's thesis. London, Ontario: The University of Western Ontario, 2013. PDF.Pettinger, Tejvan. Boudica biography. May 18, 2007. Internet. January 12, 2014. .The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Boudicca. and the Internet. 12 January 2014. .Thistle and broom. Boudicca, queen of the Iceni. and the Internet. January 12, 2014. .Wikipedia. Boudica. January 13, 2014. Internet. January 14th 2014. .