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We Are History

Angela Barnes and John O'Farrell

History

4.9 • 802 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Britain's original warrior queen, who burned down London and nearly drove the Romans out of Britain, and all because they called her a 'feisty redhead'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to We Are History with me, John O'Farrell and me, Angela Barnes.
0:17.3	And what are we talking about today, Angela?
0:19.9	Well, we're talking about a red-haired bird.
0:22.4	A redhead like a redhead bird.
0:24.8	Not me this time.
0:26.4	We're talking about Budica.
0:27.8	Budica.
0:28.4	Ah, yes.
0:29.3	An iconic woman of ancient history.
0:31.4	Absolutely.
0:32.1	Warrior Amata.
0:34.6	Amata in the sense that, you know, she gave her life in it.
0:36.6	Not she said, oh, why do I always have to do the cooking?
0:38.6	Not that sort of martyr.
0:39.9	Not a martyr in the way that you're a martyr, John.
0:42.3	I did the washing up.
0:44.7	And a woman whose life has been mythologised and repurposed by historians of different eras.
0:51.1	Yes.
0:52.0	When I was a kid, she was called Bodicea.
0:56.7	Yeah, I remember learning about Bodicea.
0:58.9	Queen of the Isini tribe.
1:00.7	I don't know.
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