Boudicca! Boudicca! Boudicca!
To: LuciusDomitiusAutelian
Another fatal blunder due to fighting on the enemies terrain and time.
To: LuciusDomitiusAutelian
Boudicca (d.
61 CE AD 61) was the Celtic queen of the Iceni tribe of modern-day East Anglia, Britain, who led a revolt against Rome in
60/61 CE AD 60/61. The Iceni king, Prasutagus, an independent ally of Rome, divided his estate between his daughters and the Roman emperor Nero (r.
54-68 CE AD 54-68). When Prasutagus died, however, his lands were taken by Rome and the Iceni lost their status as allies.
When his wife, Boudicca, objected to this action she was flogged and her two daughters raped. She mounted a revolt against Rome which left the ancient Roman cities of Camulodunum, Londinium, and Verulamium in ruins and over 80,000 citizens of Roman Britain dead. She was defeated at the Battle of Watling Street by the Roman governor Gaius Suetonius Paulinus (l. 1st century CE AD) chiefly by his judicious choice of the battlefield and allowing her army to cut off its own escape route by encircling their rear with their wagons, animals, and families. Boudicca is said to have committed suicide by poisoning herself after her defeat.
FIFY
Just say no to Communist, Christophobic and atheist dating systems!
3 posted on
05/14/2021 12:05:02 PM PDT by
Fiji Hill
To: LuciusDomitiusAutelian
“To call a disorderly mob an army like calling a stack of building materials a house.” - some ancient guy
Boudica was a great leader but not any kind of general.
But its not her fault; her fighting forces were too numerous to command effectively.
4 posted on
05/14/2021 12:14:01 PM PDT by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: LuciusDomitiusAutelian
9 posted on
05/14/2021 2:22:24 PM PDT by
blam
To: LuciusDomitiusAutelian
That’s an unusual spelling
10 posted on
05/14/2021 2:23:39 PM PDT by
wardaddy
(Let me guess FREEPERS are now salivating over Tim Scott.....so predictable just like talk radio )
To: LuciusDomitiusAutelian
When I have a chance I am going to check out Allison Wier’s take on Bo.
22 posted on
05/14/2021 9:13:53 PM PDT by
KC Burke
(If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
To: LuciusDomitiusAutelian
Actual strong woman as opposed to chinny spoiled brat whiners of today
30 posted on
12/25/2021 1:15:59 PM PST by
wardaddy
(Too many uninformed ..and scolds here )
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