In Boudica's footsteps
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Websites
The Romans in Britain: The Boudiccan rebellion
www.romans-in-britain.org.uk/
his_boudiccan_rebellion.htm
Excellent website that examines the background and causes of the rebellion
as well as the course of events.
The Celtic Tribes of Britain: The Iceni
www.roman-britain.org/tribes/iceni.htm
General information on the Iceni.
Peddar's Way and Norfolk Coast Path
www.britainexpress.com/countryside/
national-trails/peddars-way.htm
Follow an old Roman road –
a straight line that runs for some 35 miles – built in response to
Boudica's rebellion.
The Snettisham Treasure
www.cix.co.uk/~archaeology/hilites/snet.htm
Illustrated article about the spectacular finds of gold torcs and
coins found in a Norfolk field, which may have been the Iceni royal treasury.
Books
Boudica: The British revolt against Rome AD 60 by Graham Webster
(Routledge, 1999) £17.99
Graham Webster's work was used by the makers of Fact or Fiction: Boudica
in determining where the site of the final battle with the Romans might
have been.
The Annals of Imperial Rome by Tacitus, translated by Michael
Grant (Penguin Classics, 1956) £8.99
Agricola by Tacitus, edited by R M Ogilvie and Ian Richmond (Oxford
University Press, 1967) £15
Tacitus is the major historical source for the events of the Boudican
rebellion.
The Roman History by Cassius Dio, translated by Ian Scott-Kilvert
(Penguin Classics, 1987) £9.99
Another Roman historical source, written about 150 years after the event.
The Boudican Revolt against Rome by Paul R Sealey (Shire, 1997)
£4.99
Short history on the subject.
Iron Age Communities in Britain by Barry Cunliffe (Routledge,
1978) £25.
Out of print; available from libraries and second-hand bookshops.
A classic survey of the British Iron Age.
City of Victory by Philip Crummy (Colchester Archaeological Trust,
1997) £9.95
An archaeological history of Colchester.
Warrior Queens by Antonia Fraser (Weidenfeld, 1994) £25
Looks at the lives of a diverse range of warrior queens from ancient times
to the 20th century and examines the themes and theories surrounding them.
