Boudicca - The Celtic Warrior Queen
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- Boudicca was an ancient Celtic warrior Queen who lead an army in a rebellion against the Roman Empire. The story of this brave woman’s life has often been reduced to just a few sentences in a textbook, and that’s because there is very little known about her life. There were just two Roman historians; Tacitus and Cassius Dio, who wrote down information about Boudicca. So everything we know about her is skewed from the enemy’s perspective, and both of their versions of the story vary slightly from the other.
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I'n Welsh 'Boudicca' is known as 'BUDDUG' short form the Welsh word 'BUDDUGOLIAETH' meaning 'TO BE VICTORIOUS'
Dylan Thomas how glorious 😍
Any connections to the Philistine, Goliath? ;)
That "Goliaeth" part does sound awfully like the Biblical Goliath. Hard to believe it could be a coincidence. But is there any connection between the Celtic and Canaanite peoples? Anyway, three cheers for bodacious Boudicca! (Any connection between that adjective and the name? Probably not, but it fits.)
All Welsh are now common law Irish, except when we play rugby
Well, that's ironic.
That was the most info I've ever heard of her. Thank you. This series is terrific.
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Check the "King's and Generals" channel video about this if you want to know more. Their channel is absolutely amazing in covering historical events as well.
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The Kings & Generals video of her is legit as well
If any ever get to London, there is a statue of Boudicea on her chariot. Corner of Westminster Bridge and the Embankment.
Been there, done that.
Beautiful.
I'm going to go one day, and I'll see Corfe castle when I'm in England too.
@@mariazahedi7444
There are plenty of castles for you to enjoy.
@@kartel8844 I can't wait!
My next travel selfie goal! I’m not even sure how much I’m joking.) 😝
Given what we know about the tendency of Roman "historians" to embellish their accounts of events, it is worth noting that the size of Boudica's army may have been exaggerated as well to make the skill and technological advantages of the Roman legions seem all the more impressive to the Roman people. So while it is entirely likely that the Celt army outnumbered the Roman army due to the fact they were fighting on their homeland rather than an expeditionary force, they may not have been 10 times as numerous.
Probably they were outnumbered 2 or 3 to 1
I've always taken with a huge grain of salt the six figure numbers that are often given for the sizes of ancient armies.
British "historians" are know to do the same.
Rome was defeated by Hannibal in history of Rome they out numbered Hannibal army
@@shadowrain3513
Rome was not defeated by Hannibal. He won some battles as did others but at the end Carthage was defeated.
I read a 1,000 page book on English history, and they literally had 4 sentences about her. Sad.
Joseph Goings well when you lose to one legion while outnumbering your foe 10-1, you clearly don’t deserve to be remember
You study History in university?
English history is at least 2500 years of recorded history. Thats 2.5 years per page to cover everything that happened in england. 4 sentences is alot.
what should they write is they dont know anything….doh.
Joseph Goings to be fair, she is an incredibly interesting figure, but not necessarily that relevant for the course of british history
"invents chain mail" "fights naked"
Tbf it wasn't exactly common.
I wonder how different English history would have been if Boudicca had defeated the romans!
Dee Spence I suspect the Romans would have regrouped and engaged with Boudicca again. Otherwise, life in the U.K. (and their former territories across the world) would be immeasurably impacted - from government to gender roles.
M i think you are correct! No one at that time would have survived the Roman war machine!
Would have likely been worse, considering how far the Romans built up the infrastructure, technological etc aspects of Roman Britain.
It would have set Briton back a couple of hundred years... Roman occupation turned out to be a very good thing for Briton ..
Besides there was never a chance to defeat the romans...
I wonder if England would still have Celtic societies then. :\
I did a paper on her for my pre-britian class and finding information on her was nothing short of a scavenger hunt. But it was worth it because she is such an interesting figure.
Scavenger?? You just said first Britain queen is scavenge?
@@lia4667 I was on a scavenger hunt for the information.....
@@Elizabeth-xp2sf nice
@@Elizabeth-xp2sf lol how did they get that out of what you said? 😂
@@rhysjones1108 Because that's how pathetic the modern world is.
11/10. More celtic/pre-roman biographies would be excellent. Possibly pre-columbian native americans in the next ones?
KendrickMan Search for videos by Alan Wilson historian...a Welsh man who's research is incredible!
And...it'll blow your mind how much ancient British history the 'establishment' have intentionally destroyed (to hide their usurper status lol!).
Seriously...go watch him...the tales of us being barbarians in animal skins is complete horseshit...even in ancient Roman texts it talks of our world renowned halls of learning! Lol! Not bad for barbarians living in mud eh?
🙂👍🏻
KendrickMan
P.S. Did you know that Britain was almost totally destroyed in 562 BC? Just another crucial nugget of history they squashed all knowledge of.
KendrickMan sorry...I meant to say destroyed by a doomsday style comet (hence the heat damage they can't explain on high up ancient Scottish castles). 🙂👍🏻
@@trappedinroom1014 Mate, are you serious. I've never heard anything about that.. AT ALL!
@@trappedinroom1014 Not something I've ever looked into, but I'll keep that possibility in mind. I definitely agree with you about a lot of history being distorted for the sake of making our current/last leaders look like heroes, whether they are or not. Well, in the case of roman/greek history, people try to pin democracy on them falsely.
In egypt, you've got one guy in charge of everything antiquities who's been countless times proven to be wrong, and hiding evidence to fit narratives. I think once he dies (seems to have lifelong tenureship), the lack of our knowledge in some ways is going to suprise a lot of people. And the knowledge that's known, but not disseminated will also shock people.
I kind of loath the romans in history, so I'm always curious what all the civilizations they wiped out could have brought to the world if they had written language.
I would like to see the folks who were behind the Spartacus series do one for her. Could be epic as well.
It definitely has potential, however, they will probably just add social justice themes to it
I think is is "Britania" you are looking for.
dkhawkee I will love it.
There is one it's called Britannia new season coming soon
@@adam-uy6qg thanks. Will try and find it if I can.
I just love how Simon says..Empire.. "Emp-paaa" Sounds majestically sinister.
Talking of female leaders, could you do one about Wu Zetian, the only female emperor to have ruled China? Really love your videos! Love history!
You mean Empress
@@jurtra9090 No, emperor. Empress/queen are the king/emperor's consort. When a female is king, she is called 'Queen regnant' which means 'Queen that's kinging'. The Empress she's talking about was also an 'empress regnant', and hence: emperor.
In practice the difference is that a regular queen is succeeded when a male heir comes of age, and she's a placeholder. The Regnant queen maintains her position, because she owns it.
The Lindsay Holiday channel has a new Doc about her. Just type Wu Zetian. I'm sure you'll find it. She was something else. Killed her own son. You didn't mess with that lady.
@Sterling Archer That's what history is, yes.
@@algini12 that's pretty common in Chinese history. Or at least that's what my mother-in-law said when I was confused why she wasn't shocked about anything in A Song of Ice and Fire....
Love her as an example of how history is grey, never black and white. GOT SPOILERS:
She went from freedom fighter to war criminal so fast it’d make daenerys blush. She was a victim of brutal violence, yet given the same power, she answered violence with even more, senseless violence (how much the romans invented aside, the torture and slaughter of countless civilians is quite horrific)
Ultimately, her bravery was met with equal bravery and as well as an example of morally grey history, she showed perfectly why rome was the undisputed power at the time. The legions were not a group of soliders. They were a disciplined, well trained and well oiled killing machine. They were ruthless, methodical and absolutely deadly, and it goes to show why not even the Germans dared to face them in open battle, as the romans excelled so much at this, that they managed to beat boudicas army while being so horribly outnumbered. Considering this was mostly hand to hand combat, the feat the romans accomplished is insane. And they did not have some phyrric victory, it was pretty much a slaughter (albeit likely not quite to the degree the romans said, propaganda being a thing and all)
To be fair, torture and slaughter of enemy civilians wasn't abnormal at the time for many civilizations. "War criminal" is kind of a ridiculous term to even use when talking about thousands of years ago. Romans were actually (sort of) abnormal in the sense that they would (usually) first try to integrate their subjects into Roman ways. They didn't care about religion or personal lives unless it caused problems for their rule. They only cared that you paid due taxes. Of course, when any of this wasn't lined up, sure they'd line you up and butcher you - not trying to make out the Romans as cuddly and nice or anything, they just seemed to have more of a priority of spreading Roman ways, as opposed to defeating and destroying their enemies. Of course, like is mentioned in this video, people in positions of power often times act like dicks, just because they can, as some Romans did to "Boudicca's" daughters and other Britons (whether or not she was real, it is pretty solid that it was mistreatment that caused the uprising). But history shows that this wasn't really the norm for a conquering Roman force, as they were the most disciplined army in history, and usually followed (more or less) a strict protocol of occupation that was noninvasive enough that many occupied populations would accept it.
Kevin I think the Romans were pragmatists: new subjects (and their taxes) can benefit the Empire. Corpses, not so much.
G G All true, as I stated, but the Settlers she slaughtered and tortured brutally didn‘t do this.
G G “got her daughters raped” Are you fucking serious? Dude, that’s grotesquely stupid.
Yup Very ridiculous term for the time. Literally anyone with any sort of power was a war criminal back then. Violence was the answer to all.
One of the Boudicca myths from when I was a child; is that she was buried at what later became one of the mainline platforms of Kings Cross Railway Station
A much more interesting show plot in my opinion is the story of Queen Mebh(Maeve) of Connacht.
Lived during the ulster cycle, sworn enemy of King Conchobar Mac Nessa. CúChúllainn was his top general, one of the most famous Irish warriors.
Story has it that Queen Mebh was even buried standing and facing north, so even in death she would face the enemy.
Oh I'd love this I'm Irish in the east of Ireland !
How could you even compare the two as 1 being more interesting than the other
Oh because your irish and a self appointed Celt
@@jasonsweet1868 are you replying to me ?🤔🙄
@@shonalouiseameliamurphy3937 read the line of comments and work it out
Could just say "another interesting story is.." rather than make it a competition.
Romans: “We invented paved roads.”
Celts: “Nuh-uh!”
Romans: “In a couple thousand years nobody will believe you.”
I am a proud man full of Celtic blood and know my people did this through the great ancient wisdom of what the Romans called the Druids in 400-500 BCE long before those shite filled fockers of Rome tried and failed to Conquer the Celts, and while on that subject it should also be noted the Celtic peoples as well as the Norse were the ONLY 2 groups of Germanic tribes and people in all history to not be totally conquered by them, so if you have Celtic blood in you or Norse stand tall and know they did not take our ancestors yet conquered many nations and kingdoms of vast wealth and power enslaving them and taking from those places any and all they wished leaving their ancestors story to a few pages in history by those whom so conquered. But we got our revenge for them taking all of mainland Europe, didn't we lol thank you oh great Norse, and it was the celtic women who made the last hold of Norse culture to be held as the greatest literary society in ALL history, that is what Iceland is known for history wise, modern history wise they have added most mined crypto currency to that list for the pages of history. Cheers. Lobhadh i náire tú itheann cac rómhánach gan chnámh droma. Or for you english only speaking people.. I said Rot in Shame you who eat Roman balls with no backbones. making the translation cheerful to not get flagged :)
@@heliosgnosis2744 my ancestors scared Rome🤣
@@Byilmaz218 Who were your ancestors? I am certain a many cultures scared them very greatly, are your ancestors the Goths? If so, then I say thank you grandson or daughter of those who burnt them to ashes.
Big difference between "paved roads" and well engineered roads. Something the Romans built well engineered roads for centuries before this time.
@@surfk9836 the Roads in Ireland are well engineered. We could go global and speak of the Maya and their 60 mile long PERFECT straight roads to which Rome nor the Celts did at least not to any evidence thus found. But again going back to the Celts. Who were in Charge of them?? Well any well learned Celtic blooded woman or man knows the ancient tradition and those 60 mile roads of the Maya the ancestors of those bearded Sages who spent a life time memorizing all branches of wisdom above and below... and who come from pre history. The saying among the ancient order is but one " Only one of us is needed to re light the lamp of wisdom to guide humanity out of the darkness to which has taken our world 4 times thus far...we the Sages of silence who hide the secrets in the shadows wishing and taking no credit for being a savior of anyone but our people which is this garden we all are born into half blind....until destiny grasps us up and shows us a duty that the world has forgotten and a duty that must come to pass that many of us will and must help again when the dragons from sky and Bel fly forth to burn and suffocate the lands of all life..be them of the world of men or of nature...it always returns at the 4 points of the cross of Bel we look up and wait..... ever ready yet silent until that day comes as to who we are" those wise people were not some young latter brozen age group.. they have been here longer than any can know but that story no man or woman will believe unless they are one of the few whos shoulders are weighted down with the burden of a story to hard for this world to accept.....
I only accidentally stumbled across the "Biographics" a short time ago and wound up binge watching. Boudicca has been one of my favorite historical figures for many years since I, again, accidentally discovered her story. I read and watch every thing I come across concerning her life. It saddens me when I read the comments such as those from JP and ravagedbywolves in the comments below that they never heard of her. Unfortunately, it is true that history is written by the winners of wars, not the loosers. I think Mr. Whistler has done a magnificent job of condensing her story into an 18 minuet video. My only negative comment would be the semi-glossing over of the rape of her daughters. Sure, her people had been subjugated to many atrocities and she had been beaten as only the Romans could beat another human being, but I have the feeling that it was the rape of her young daughters that set her off. The Celts felt very strong bonds with family and heaven help any outsider who hurt any of them. It's true that the vengeance she wrought upon the Romans was a "bit" extreme but they did learn that you just don't piss off a Celtic mother.
I really enjoyed this one! I've heard of Boudicca in the past and am glad that she has her moment in the spotlight on your channel 🙂
Loved this wish you would do more on the Celts.
Simon, Julius Agricola , Tacitus' father in law was present at the battle of Watling street. Hence there is a fair chance that Tacitus had a first hand report of the battle and speeches . Also we know that Tacitus is as fair as an ancient historian can be . He has been found to be correct with most of his historic records.
cap
You have the burden of real proof
I wish my history classes taught me about this woman. I have never even heard of her name before. She's so awesome.
Seco4800 I saw a
Movie in USA tv and in United Kingdom there are a big statue. I think the channel was history pbs but few years ago.
Seco4800 perhaps if female historical figures had more taught about them, men wouldn’t be so arrogantly superior
Tyler Grant oh, a failure like the charge of the light brigade? A disaster if ever there was one but still taught as history
phoenixkhost
Olga is definitely interesting. So is her husband Igor.
As you can see, I’m a fan of Vikings and we’ll be seeing the Rus’ in Season 6. Oleg Of Novgorod, Prince Dir and Askold will play major parts in the story. We know it isn’t going to be historically accurate, but fun nonetheless.
I subscribed to you because I understand this, rather than Wikipedia, whenever I have to write an essay, I watch your videos!
As a Colchester native we learned as much as we could in school and have always found her fascinating, thanks for bringing her accomplishments to the masses. Keep up the great work!
Thank you! We love these videos. Thank you for honoring Boudicca.
An amazing woman!
@@OfficialFingazMC why
Nah Boudicca doesn't deserve to be honored and neither to be called "amazing" (and i'm not even saying this because i'm a roman fan as you can see by my prof pic, many other enemies of rome deserve respect for their genius and will to fight like vercingetorix, caratacus, hannibal, arminius, viriatus, etc) but boudicca was just commanding an angry mob, she slaughtered civillians in a ruthless way even for the age's standarts and when she finally met a real army (which was 7x smaller than hers) she got utterly defeated, boudicca is one of the most overrated historical figures of all time
@@b3ygghsas Everyone has their own opinions :)
@@14beans Opinions must be based on facts otherwise they are just stubborn thinking, tell me, why should boudica be honoured? Because she rose in rebellion? Many people rose in rebellion against the romans like the ones I said and they were far more successful than her, no one deserves a medal for participating, just as boudica doesn't deserve to be honoured for such disastrous uprising
You thought I was Cassius, but it was me,
*DIOOO!*
I see that you're a man of culture.
yare yare daze
ZA WARUDO
Holy shiiiiiiiii
LMAO!! Good lord! Jojo memes are even infiltrating the historical channels.
Can you do a vid on Grace O'Malley please? Thanks. love your channels
I agree!
Yes I agree. Or Micheal Collins
O'Malley was an awesome pirate.
I want to learn more about Celtic history. Thank you Simon!
The prob with the history of a people who had no writing is that we only get written records from their enemies. Plus Victorian romanticism adding "Victorian values". And modern scholars telling us what the Celts thought as if that were proven fact, rather than what they THINK they thought, or MAY have thought.
Everything has to be filtered through the prejudice of their contemporary enemies, or romantics or modern "what *should* have been"
@@franl155 where there is a will, there is a way. I would have to study old traditions and hear old folklore and stories. I'm sure the essence of Celtic lives on especially up north and on the isle of Ireland.
Thank you so much for the effort you put into these videos. I have been binge watching them for days now.
She was a woman of great courage, and I salute her for her fearlessness.
I’ve been waiting for this one. One of my all time favorite historical figures of the Roman period, and that’s seriously saying something
Fascinating! I wish we could get more details about the amazing history of Britain.
Thanks for sharing this,
From a New England Yankee.
There's a documentary on Netflix that goes over Boudicca also called Warrior Women ❤️
Stories by Irish
not "Warrior Women", it is "Warrior Queen"
@@LadyWhinesalot Warrior Women, it's a series of documentaries that have an episode dedicated to different women. Boudicca is one of them, as is Joan of Arc, and a few others. The narrator is Lucy Lawless.
@@StoriesbyIrish “Warrior Women” is the story of mothers and daughters fighting for indigenous rights in the American Indian Movement of the 1970s. Is, what you mentioned, a diffy series?
@@LadyWhinesalot Much different. Each episode has a different person that Lucy Lawless narrates about their life, etc. I'm not surprised that it shares the same name of another documentary. Sorry for the confusion ♥️
I loved that series!
Fascinating as usual. Can't wait for more.
It's like you freaking knew that I just watched a documentary about the roman invasion of britain and put this up. cheeky
The Boudica series from author Manda Scott is one of the best I have ever read. If you haven't read them yet, I would definitely recommend them.
Thank you for this video Simon, I love it.
Another informative, accurate and very enthralling video. Two thumbs up !
*Thanks* *Whistler!* Hermann Arminius has always been my prime Roman Crushing Hero _....now there's also Boudicca!!!_
Except the romans crushed both of them lol
@@annatarlordofgifts2442 The current bull goose loonies of Rome are in the end game of destroying THEMSELVES with perversions and corruption. Soon they'll fade away.
All's well that ends well!
@@annatarlordofgifts2442 no only Boudica.
Excellent, thank you - I grew up in Iceni country and she was special to me as a girl, good to see her here.
Part of my heritage is traced back to the picts, it's so fun to learn about.
I just visited Scotland for the first time in my life. I have a high respect and admiration for The Scots!👍
I never heard of her. Thank you for this video. Now I want to learn more about her.
This is why I love your channel. I always learn something new.
@G G cartimandau was a queen b4 & after boudiccan kick off ended.
There isn´t much more to learn, she tortured and massacred defenseless roman and britons civilians.Not much bravery in that
Been waiting for this for agesss!😊😊
Literally one of the best Native Briton icons I can think of, her and Bede.
Upon further study, I believe Bede was an Angle and not a Celt.
John James And the Picts were Scots.
John James These people couldn’t identify a Celt if one jumped up and bit them on the arse.
Foxtrot Oscar Picts got absorbed into the Scots and genetically no longer exist.
@G no they were germans, dutch, irish, Scottish and french
@@deltanovember1672 the Scots were a different tribe from Ireland that conquered the picts
Subbed to this channel a couple weeks ago and today I randomly stumbled upon a titanic video from TopTenz and saw Simon. Small world!
I had the same experience, but backwards. I found his channels and thought, "Isn't that the guy who used to be on TopTenz?" I'm glad he's managed to succeed with all of his own channels.
😂🤣🤣 he runs like 10 YT channels
Just wait till you happen upon business blaze...
Haha dude this is the last place I expected to see you!!
My black ass read about Boudicca in "Ravens of Avalon" by Diana Paxton and Marion Zimmer Bradley. Been in love with her ever since ❤❤❤
Another GREAT video. it is great to get detailed information on a person that is mostly known through legends.
Boudicca movie or miniseries starring Gwendolyn Christy. Get on it Hollywood.
Glad I'm not the only one thinking this.
Perfect choice!
Well there´s the Bonekickers version that... Actually never mind, that version was a big pile of crap.
There's already a movie, starring Alex Kingston. It shows how she became the warrior queen, even how she faced up to the enemy tribes. She shamed them into joining her.
@Tyler Grant go back to playing with you Legos little boy!!
I was always fascinated with Boudicca ever since I learned of her while living in East Anglia in the UK. Indeed a true hero.
Modern women: if women ran the world there wouldnt be war!
Boudicca: pardon?
LOL. I laugh hysterically when I hear that comment! Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria in Britain, Olga, Empress Elizabeth and Catherine the Great in Russia and Queen Margrethe I of Denmark ALL had massive wars under their rule (Elizabeth I in particular routinely picked fights with the Spanish). Many female monarchs seemed to love war almost as much as the men!
@@thunderbird1921 To be fair there were sociopolitical reasons for why female monarchs waged wars. You can research the topic, it's actually quite interesting.
@@contrarian9999
There are sociopolitical reasons for all wars.
@@Lilliathi Yes but these were reasons that specifically affected female monarchs and made war expedient or necessary in a way it was not for male monarchs *because* of their gender. Bit of a difference.
@@contrarian9999
Then that's what you should have said. Regardless, being perceived as potentially weak is a problem that many male monarchs faced as well, I wouldn't call it uniquely female. A fun theory, but without any real evidence. Most likely convenient feminist propaganda to shoot down criticism of the idea that men are responsible for humans being war-like.
The picture at 13:35 that is a Greek Phalanx not a Roman Legion.
Yeah, that's a pretty big oversight.
Good eye sir
He made a similar mistake on the Alexander constantly showing roman legions when he should have shown the Macedonian phalanx, makes me wonder how much he knows and how much he reads on cue.
@@Maesterful Look at the credits. Simon is the narrator, not the writer or... Graphic gatherer lol He has mentioned the writers before.
@@BaldingClamydia Ah right so it's their fault, my bad.
Hi Simon I am enjoying your Bios very much learned so much about these fascinating historical figures.......keep up the good work ! Ron L Griffiths
Once again, excellent job Simon. We history buffs love the stories. Thanks.
I appreciate how you deliver a fairer representation of what might/did happen: without the usual biases. Great approach.
So they fought naked/shirtless but also invented chain mail for defense in sword fights?
Zela Morre someone was listening!!
In Caesars gaulic wars he says the cavalry used chain mail. and some infantry wore it almost like a mantle, but not many. Keep in mind chainmail is enormously heavy and in rough terrain like central gaul its not as maneuve
*Maneuverable
Probably only nobles and clan chiefs could afford it.
There was a number of generous claims that are most certainly not agreed upon by historians/archaeologists/anthropologists and seemed to have been created in a moment of historical patriotism by some not-so-unbiased British or Celtic historians. The chain mail one and the paved road ones are both NOT seen as backed by much solid evidence by most historians. They had some fairly advanced societal structure and linguistics, but it's a stretch to act like it was even remotely comparable to that of the Romans at the time.
Boudicca's story is a very interesting one. Wish we had more information on her.
Empaaaa :D
I love this show! Thanks for making quality content.
One of the most interesting stories I have heard. Thank you.
Boudicca is the best image of a tragic hero fighting for a righteous but lost cause history ever gave us. Even Spartacus and Vercingetorix pale in comparison.
Well, Vercingetorix was an excellent tacticia who nearky beat one of the best tactical minds Rome produced. Boudicca committed a brutal genocide against men, women and children until she lost the only battle she ever fought despite having basically 8-1 numericcal advantage
@@mybutthasteeth1347 jeepers, when you put it like that...she's the hellen keller of tacticians
@@thecheesemouse her strategy was 'everyone charge at them' so yeah pretty much
@@mybutthasteeth1347 10/10 would death charge again
@@obradinn7491 you fail to comprehend the circumstances.
And I think you don't have an understanding of slaves in the Roman Empire. Slaves were involved in virtually all professions. Some were doctors, some were extremely well educated, some were warriors (served as bodyguards or fought as gladiators), some had other skills.
Basically, most officers were somewhere in the west. There was no one to react to the rebellion.
A legion usually had 200 scouts. Usually auxiliaries (natives) who knew the land), These were sent ahead. The 200 slaves were most likely chosen with these skills in mind and sent for this purpose.
The garrison left in the city was determined before the rebellion.
Pausinias left before the rebellion.
The Primus Pilatus, with a full legion, was operating in cornwall before the rebellion.
When Boudica appeared at Camulodunum, no body had any intelligence. Nobody had any idea she had ammased a force of 120K.
By the time Pausinias returned from Anglesey, he had some idea. Hence why he didn't engage Boudica.
He retreated far to the west, followed by a huge number of Roman refugees, while Boudica pursued.
Eventually Pausinias decided to go down fighting. He had no expection of victory. He basically told his men, if we fight, we die with honor. If we run, we die tortured to death.
Fear and panic set in early in the battle on Boudica's side. It was caused by the wagons Boudica circled around the battle field (to keep the Romans from escaping)
Pausinias chose a location that provided a choke point. The vast majority of Boudica's army never engaged in any fighting. They were massed at the back.
When the Romans pushed the front row back, they pushed the rest of the Celts against the wagons.
That was when panic set in. And it spread like fire. Celts tried desperately to escape, but were trapped by the wagons.
The Romans didn't slaughter 80 000 Celts fighting bravely. They slaughtered the vast majority of that number of Celts as they tried to flee in a panic. But couldn't really because of the wagons Boudica placed. (this 80 000 includes men, women and children)
I'm surprised the number of dead isnt bigger. It means, 150K managed to escape the slaughter.
Rome once fielded 86 000 men...against an enemy of 50 000 The Romans lost 86000 men that day. Their enemy lost 5000. The battle of Cannae. If Romans always grossly inflate numbers, how do you explain this? There's many cases like this.
(Ancient historians report numbers they get from sources. The sources do inflate numbers, but there are usually multiple sources. Historians like Tacitus or Cassius will comment on how much salt to take with these numbers.)
Thanks for those awesome video!!:)
Love all of your videos! Thank you so much for the amazing content 🙏
thank you for this, its excellent
A like to this video, not because Boudicca was a woman. But for my respect to a hero commander.
Respect for not taking this opportunity to virtue signal.And respect to Boudicca
@Gazzara5 - And then the Sun set over the Roman Empire, forever.
@@Tia-Marie Not really. Every nation that was once a Roman province continued to fight for the right to be the center of Roman revival for centuries to come
@@Tia-Marie revolt. The rise of the Roman city state, to the Roman Kingdom and then Republic, finally to the Empire. . And then the Byzantine Empire. . It is one of the longest lasting powers in all of human history.
With an influence and impact that is far reaching.
Without Rome there would be no British Empire.
I still don't get how is she a hero commander
Love this woman! Wish we knew more about her. Thank you for such interesting historical stories. I watch you almost every day, you're amazing ❤!
I remember a few years ago I met my girlfriend's (at the time) niece, she woud of been 7 at the time and my background picture was one of Boudicca. Straight away she knew who it was without me asking and we managed to have an hour or so long conversation about her and her legacy. Strange how a love for this woman can stretch across multiple generations!
Love of how she took 80k people to their deaths?
@@J040PL7 Mate if someone raped my daughters, I'd burn everything to the ground just to get back at the person who did it.
@@OfficialFingazMC that's why emotional people shouldn't lead other people, she wasn't wrong to want vengeance, she was wrong because she acted out of emotion which led to tens of thousands of people to walk into their deaths and her daughters to go from sexually assaulted, to dead.
The Romans were literally with their backs to the wall, so she had inunerous tactics she could use from starving out the Romans, to cotinuously pelt them from a distance and wait for them to break ranks. No sane man would have lost that battle, it was embarrassing for any man, luckily she wasn't a man and is revered for it instead.
@@J040PL7 I think it's because she stood up for herself more. Not just because she was a bird. I agree the last battle was fought completely tactically wrong, but to stand up for yourself against that kind of violence and oppression, you have to give them their due, male or female.
Is that why you dislike her? Because she was a lass?
@@OfficialFingazMC I don't dislike her, it's that people praise her for her leadership, when it literally led to one of the most ineptly fought battles of all time.
Worst thing is, no one talks about the guy who won the battle being outnumbered 20 to 1 🤣
Thank you for this video, Simon. Boudicca was unique.
Great content as always! I would like to see a bit more about musicians and artists perhaps
I'm putting a like on this because there is no "love" button. ❤❤❤
Wow really in depth. Thanks mate!
love what you're doing here, so interesting and I'm now addicted. thank you
thanks :)
Boudicca for Prime Minister!
@Woiller- Relic our le femme churchille
@Woiller- Relic rightfully so
Rightfully so? Just because someone lost their family to a tragedy gives them no right to torture and maim civilians, men women and children alike.
Superb, thank you.
Excellent and informative. Thanks.
thanks for these!
Her revenge was 10 folds worse than the treatment that Rome gave.
Pax Shmitz thats the point! so awesome 😍
She did attack and destroy unwalled, unprotected citizens. Not much bravery involved in that.
She also killed and tortured her own celts dumbasses
@@Christian-ql7uq Not really... She almost got her entire army wiped out and daughters killed, lol. She was likely one of the worse strategists the Celts ever had during that time. Her grudge was also pretty petty too... Not worth killing civilians over either.
Good. Also what's up with that pfp?
Thanks, Simon. She's been one of my favorite historical figures for years, and you're correct that she doesn't get the recognition she deserves.
And not to forget that she is currently recieving the wrong kind of recognition as well. She is recognised as a strong warrior even though she lost the only real battle that she had fought against a large army with an even larger force. But at the same time, she doesn't receive enough recognition for unifying the divided and often conflicting Celtic tribes under 1 banner.
@@Progamermove_2003 As I recall, she was betrayed and badly outnumbered, but managed some pretty impressive violence before that.
@@ericthompson3982 And from what I recall, she had a significant numerical advantage over Romans (maybe not 10 to 1 but you get the point right). And before that battle, she had fought only against VASTLY outnumbered forces and weakly defended cities.
But at the same time, she achieved such kind of numerical advantage in the first place because she managed to unite the divided and often conflicting Celtic tribes under one banner. Maybe it's time when we shall recognise her for her real achievements instead.
@@Progamermove_2003 I honestly am just glad to hear that other people are familiar with her. She's legitimately one of my historical heroes.
I just wanted to say, out of all the youtube videos about anime, history and nature I have watched, you are the very first person I have subscribed to. I am no genius or scholar of history, but I can safely say that you are the first person that I have genuinely enjoyed watching AND have given only accurate, substantiated information in a way that is not only education but not fucking boring. I have literally only been watching for a day, cherry picking the videos that piqued my interest, but now plan to watch your videos in their entirety. Thank you so much for a god damn intelligent, non biased view of humanities messed up history. Take care, mate
I really enjoyed the video. Thank you!
I always feel that Boudicca was the beginning of the concept of 'Britannia', reinforced and tapped into by Elizabeth the 1st and then by Queen Victoria (plus Maggie Thatcher and our current lovely Queen!).
...and as alway thanks evermore for the video.
Wow!!! I am subscribing today; so far I have seen only a few videos but I LOVE the informative content!!
:) Thank you, Ivette
I just found this channel. Love at first watch! 🥰
I thought that the Picts were (one of the main) ancestors of just the Scottish people, but for some reason the Scottish are not mentioned here.
The Scottish are named after the Scotti, a tribe that migrated from Ireland a bit later than this. The Picts were indeed in what is now Scotland at the time. Most people will refer to the people who lived in Scotland (beyond hadrian's wall) as the Picts, while those south of the wall as the Britons (or Romano-Britons). Truth is that both words have the same etymology. Picti, Britanni, Pretanni, Prydan, Brythonic, Brettonic, Breton etc etc all come from the word meaning 'painted ones' . The modern word Great Britain can be traced back to meaning 'Big land of the painted people'
@@charliedavey4129 thank you!! 👍
@@charliedavey4129 my DNA is 65% Pretanni
@@charliedavey4129 thats awesome!
1:00 - Chapter 1 - Boudicca & the celtic people
3:40 - Chapter 2 - The roman invasion
6:40 - Chapter 3 - Boudicca's rebellion
10:00 - Chapter 4 - The battle of watling street
14:20 - Chapter 5 - Death & legacy
Your final comments about the Celts and Boudicca sounded so heart felt and full of reverence that I almost got a bit choked up. It seemed very real.
I'm American and my first encounter with Boudicca was from the Xbox game Ryse: Son of Rome.
Thank you, for telling yet another great section of history that we may not have known about. No matter how much or how little history you have been exposed to, you almost never get a felling that these where real people. Somehow we lose the real side of history and this was a great story told by a great story teller, I felt bad for her and her people.
Boudicca is one of my favourite historical figures (I live in Colchester after all!)
Thank you for spreading her story worldwide
Also you can still go into the catacombs of the Temple below Colchester Castle :)
Always, always very informative and entertaining. You folks do a great service in keeping history alive and often clearing up any misconceptions we’ve might have had. Thank you to all the staff concerned and especially you Simon, super great narrator. You put your body and soul in your delivery. 👍👍
...there really needs to be a MOVIE on this Fantastic Warrior Goddess!!!! Ivette :)
I hope your stories are around when my kid is born, we used to read stories like these as a child and we thoroughly enjoyed it. Excellent to listen to as well. keep it up!
My favorite Warrior Queen....
When I get my time machine I'm going back to help the Iceni .
Good luck getting Celtic tribes to cooperate with each other.
I'm going back to give young me the tattslotto numbers.
@Gazzara5 No so much if you brought automatic weapons with you and a couple of tanks.
@@RD-kq3ml if you had a straight up time machine I'd say go to the future first and pick up some plasma rifles lol
And I gonna stop you cause I want to exist
Another great vid, thanks.
Brilliantly done as usual.
Two points of correction here on this video.
The Celts lived in a far bigger area than just Britain. Britain was only colonised later in the Iron Age by the Celts and they took their own turn apart from the "mainland" Celts.
They lived in a big part of Europe below the Rhine and Danube except for Southern Spain, Italy (except for the Po Valley) and Greece.
The Galatians even moved to Turkey and were employed as mercenaries by the Ptolemeaic dynasty in Egypt.
The Picts and Celts were 2 seperate groups of people who were not related.
The Picts are said to be possibly related to the Brythonic Celts who lived in modern day England, Wales and Lowlands Scotland.
This was an unnecessary ‘correction’. He said celts are a grouping term and named Gauls, Brittonic, Gaelic as some examples. The proto Indo Europeans did spread from the Caucasus and mixed and inter bread with the original hunter gatherer Europeans that represented several earlier migrations. The video covers a much later period though and is hardly a correction. Fair enough if you want to point out they were not the very first inhabitants but it’s not a correction. The Basque language is an isolate and they believe it is rooted in the original European hunter gatherer language. The subject is fascinating but again this was a 20 minute video on a Celtic Warrior Queen. Not pre Indo European expansion.
And Pictish is an insular Celtic language. Related closely to Brittonic.
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Thank you so much for this 😊
Thank you for the simple, but eloquent differentiation of Celts. Our cultures are so intertwined, it can be difficult to explain how we are alike, and where we depart. ☘️
Never heard of Boudicca, thanks for the introduction!
As someone with a celtic heritage (cornish) and hearing many stories growing up about boudicca, loved this episode! Glad she's getting more recognition. Kernow Bys Vyken
I enjoy your videos. Thank you for this one. 🙋🏼
Beautifully done!