Boudicca Revolt Analysis
Boudicca’s revolt was in the years 60-61 AD. It all started with trouble in East Anglia. The Romans were more or less in control of southern Britain. At this time, the Romans were fighting in their final battle with the Druids (priests of the old Celtic religion). The Iceni tribe, centred in what would now be Norfolk, had reached an accommodation with the Roman’s that meant that they could keep their lands so long as they made no fuss. But then the king of the Iceni tribe, Prasutagus died, and, under the bond of client-kingship, left half of his personal property to his wife, the Iceni queen Boudicca, and half to the Roman Emperor. The Roman’s decided to interpret the will as meaning they now had whole rule over the Iceni tribe and their