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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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Richard Glover was an English poet. He was born in 1712 and died in 1785. Though engaged in mercantile pursuits he devoted much of his attention to literature, and acquired a high reputation as a scholar and a poet. In 1760 he entered parliament, where his abilities gained him considerable influence. He was the author of two epics, Leonidas and the Atheniad; London, or the Progress of Commerce; two tragedies, Boadicea and Medea, etc.
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The Trinobantes were an ancient British tribe which inhabited the modern counties of Essex and Suffolk. Their capital was Camalodunum (Colchester). They submitted to Caesar in 55 BC, but in 61 AD joined the revolt of the Iceni under Boadicea and were subdued by Suetonius Paulinus, after which nothing is known of them.
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In British mythology, Andraste is a warrior goddess. She was invoked by Queen Boadicea when she revolted against the Roman invaders.
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HMS Boadicea was a British Beagle Class destroyer of 1360 tons displacement built under the 1928 War Programme which saw action during the Second World War. She was armed with four 4.7-inch guns; six smaller guns and eight 21-inch torpedo tubes. She was powered by three Admiralty 3-drum type boilers with super heaters providing a top speed of 35 knots and carried a complement of 138.
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Camalodunum was the chief town of the Trinobantes in ancient Britain and the first Roman settlement in England. It stood where Colchester now stands. It was captured by Boadicea in 62.
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Maldon (recorded in the Domesday Book as Malduna) is a town on the River Blackwater in Essex, England. Maldon was founded in 28 BC as a Roman settlement. Queen Boadicea burned down Maldon during the revolt against the Roman occupiers, but the Romans rebuilt the town. In 991 Maldon was again burned, this time by the Danes before being rebuilt by the Saxons.
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