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BOADICEA

Boadicea was Queen of the Iceni, in Britain during the reign of Nero. Following the death of her husband, the Romans broke their peace treaty with the Iceni, stole lands left to Boadicea, raped her two young daughters, and publicly flogged her to humiliate her. Boadicea, understandably outraged, rallied the Celtic tribes of Britain together and headed a general insurrection of the Britons, first attacking and destroying Colchester, and then burned London to the ground. She and her army was defeated by Suetonius and his troops, sent from Rome to put down the insurrection, in 62, and rather than be captured committed suicide with poison.
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