Boudica Magnet

Statue of Boudica, Westminster Bridge in London. Boudica or Boudicca, also known as Boadicea (or Boudicea, and in Welsh as Buddug. was a queen of the British Iceni tribe who led an uprising against the conquering forces of the Roman Empire in AD 60 or 61. According to Roman sources, shortly after the uprising failed, she poisoned herself or died of her wounds, although there is no actual evidence of her fate. She is considered a British folk hero.