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Why did Boudica fight the Romans and why was she defeated?
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Why did Boudica fight the Romans and why was she defeated? The History of the Celtic People The Iceni were a Celtic tribe which resided in Norfolk and Suffolk in the east of Britain. Boadicea was part of this noble and warlike people, the Keltoi or in Latin, Celtae. The Celts of the first century appear to be farmers, traders and crafts people. Frank Delaney 1989 quotes from Strabo writing in the first century saying "They wear ornaments of gold, torcs on their necks and bracelets on their arms and wrists, while people of high rank wear dyed garments besprinkled with gold." He also quotes from Diodurus Siculus also first century who writes "They accumulate large quantities of gold and make use of it for personal adornment, not only the women but also the men. For they wear bracelets on wrists and arms, and around their necks thick rings of...
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