Boadicea was a famous war queen who led an ultimately unsuccessful rebellion against the Roman occupation of ancient Britain in the first century AD. Our knowledge of Boadicea comes from the works of the Roman historians, Tacitus and Cassius Dio. Agricola and Annals of Tactius as well as Cassius Dio's Roman History are the three major works that document Boadicea's violent legacy. The only known description of her is found in the work of Cassius Dio: She was of enormous size, 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. Now she seizes a spear, to strike fear into all who look upon her... (Dudley and Webster, 54) Cassius's illustration of Boadicea depicts an extremely intimidating and powerful woman who could kill as easily as any what a man. Indeed, Celtic women (unlike many other women of the time) were trained for combat in the same way as men. Boadicea (known as Buddug in Welsh) was born around 30 AD in southeast England. Eighteen years later, around 48 CE, she married Prasutagus, chief of the British Iceni tribe, located in present-day Norfolk. The tribe was one of sixteen civitates or client kingdoms established by the Romans in Britain. The creation of civitates was the Roman way of governing the Celtic tribes who dominated Britain before Roman occupation. As a civitate, the Iceni tribe gained 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 relations 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: University of Western Ontario, 2013. PDF.Pettinger, Tejvan. Biography of Boudica. May 18, 2007. Internet. January 12, 2014. .The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Boudicca. and the Internet. January 12, 2014. .Thistle andf Broom. Boudicca, Queen of the Iceni. and the Internet. January 12, 2014. .Wikipedia. Boudica. January 13, 2014. Internet. January 14 2014. .