[blam]

GGG Ping.

[sageb1]

Interesting. I’d never heard of her.

[cripplecreek]

I’ve seen a show about her on the history channel. That’s one bad bi**h.

[blam]

The Queen Boudica Gallery

[SirJohnBarleycorn]

But, on his death, the Romans ignored the will, flogged Boadicea, raped her daughters and seized all her husband's property and estates.

That must have been Billus Clintonus.

[nuconvert]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKQwgpaLR6o

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

People must agree to differ about heroes. I admire Chile and its people greatly, but I was concerned when my friend Salvador Allende became its president and opened the country to hordes of armed radicals from all over the world. The result was the world's highest inflation, universal violence and the threat of civil war.

I read this without looking at who the author was. Paul Johnson of course.

If they do an actual history with this film it should be very good.

[Enterprise]

"he Crucified Her Enemies And Burnt London To The Ground."

You say that like it's a bad thing. But seriously, get ready England. Your Islamics are planning to do the same.

[Right Wing Assault]

Bodacious babe!

[NonValueAdded]

Didn’t she invent the ta-ta or something?

[colorado tanker]

I saw a History Channel program on her, back when they were doing history. I seem to recall they had located the battlefield, or at least knew the general location and topography.

[colorado tanker]

I saw a History Channel program on her, back when they were doing history. I seem to recall they had located the battlefield, or at least knew the general location and topography.

[IronJack]

Sounds like revisionist claptrap to me. I've always read that she was roundly defeated when the second Roman legion was arrayed against her, and that her "triumph" last only a scant few years, marked mostly by raids on remote Roman outposts and villages that had been overburdened by taxes.

The revisionists make her out to be some kind of William Wallace in a bodice. Color me skeptical.

[BenLurkin]

Bah!

Our own Xenalyte could take her out.

[SunkenCiv]

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[RightWhale]

This warrior queen can be rediscovered several times a year. What better reason to discover her again than a TV show.

[ZULU]

Boudicca - she was some woman. Wish she was around today.
She sounds really “hot” to me.

[Tree of Liberty]

Mel Gibson is supposed to be producing a film about her due out this year. Haven’t heard anything more about the film than that, though.

[gondramB]

>>But, on his death, the Romans ignored the will, flogged Boadicea, raped her daughters and seized all her husband’s property and estates.<<

I’d say pretty much anything she did in response was justified.

[goldstategop]

The Jews weren't the only people to try throw off the Romans. The "Pax Romana" was not for the benefit of the conquered peoples in the Empire.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus