Summary
Boudica has become a hero of British folklore. An ancient queen, her leadership of the Iceni in an uprising against the forces of the Roman Empire in around 60 AD is echoed around school classrooms. But what evidence do we have for her actions, appearance and eventual defeat? And how was she portrayed by the Romans in comparison to her contemporaries. On this Platinum Jubilee, we have put all of our Boudica content into one episode. Listen as Tristan speaks with Caitlin Gillespie, the author of ‘Boudica: Warrior Woman of Roman Britain’ about Boudica's power and our differing memories of her.
This episode was published in two parts on 7th March and 21st March 2021.
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| 0:00.0 | It's the ancients on history hit. |
| 0:11.2 | I'm Tristan Hughes, your host and in today's podcast. |
| 0:14.0 | Well, today marks the beginning of the special platinum, Jubilee anniversary weekend in the |
| 0:18.8 | United Kingdom celebrating 70 years of a Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the throne. |
| 0:24.9 | And so today we're going to be talking about an ancient queen of Britain. |
| 0:29.7 | Well, I hesitate to say Queen because she's never explicitly mentioned as a Queen, but |
| 0:34.5 | we can likely assume that she was because I am of course talking about Budica. |
| 0:39.8 | Budica, the icingy royal figure who led a revolt against Rome in 6061 AD. |
| 0:47.3 | Now today we are joined by Professor Katslin Gillespie to talk all about Budica. |
| 0:52.8 | We initially released this podcast over a year ago in early 2021, but we split it into two. |
| 0:59.5 | But today for this rerun we're combining those two episodes into one big Budica episode |
| 1:05.0 | with Katslin and I hope you enjoyed. |
| 1:08.4 | So without further ado to talk all about Budica, here's Katslin. |
| 1:16.2 | Katslin, thank you so much for coming on the show. |
| 1:19.1 | It's wonderful to be here. |
| 1:20.4 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:22.0 | No problem at all. |
| 1:23.0 | This is an amazing topic. |
| 1:24.3 | Budica, you've studied the life of this ancient icingy queen, and particularly can we say |
| 1:29.4 | with a focus on her portrayal, on how she's described in the sources and also looking |
| 1:35.2 | at the archaeology too. |
| 1:36.8 | Yeah, absolutely. |
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