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He conquered the Persian Empire, founded over 70 cities (including, of course, Alexandria), and consolidated an empire that stretched from Greece to India. The 20-year-old warrior quickly consolidated power throughout Greece and then expanded his rule. (Credit: Paul Shark/Shutterstock)Īlexander became the ruler of Macedon upon the assassination of his father, Philip II, in 336 BCE. Alexander the GreatĪ depiction of Alexander The Great in Thessaloniki City, Greece. Boudica became a hero to the women of the British Suffrage movement, and a statue of her stands in London today as a reminder of the independence of the British - and, more to the point, of women in general. That doesn’t mean the Warrior Queen is forgotten. It’s unlikely that either would be the case with remains thought to be Boudica’s. But Lindsey Buster, an archaeologist at the University of York, who specializes in Iron Age Britain, explains that, for conclusive proof, remains must be well-preserved and we’d need a modern relative for comparison. Sometimes DNA can be isolated from ancient remains to identify individuals.
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In any case, even if someone does dig up bones that might be Boudica’s, it’s unlikely we’d ever know for sure. It’s more likely that her grave, if there is one, is somewhere near Shropshire, where the Romans at last defeated her and her forces.
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There have been some (rather wild) claims that she’s buried under King’s Cross Station in London. However she died, no one knows what happened to her body. Cassius Dio, another historian of the time, reports that she died of battle wounds. According to the Roman historian Tacitus, she poisoned herself to avoid capture. In the end, however, Boudica was defeated in battle in 61 CE. The wronged queen led a coalition of rebel tribes that sacked two Roman settlements and very nearly drove the Romans right off the island. Not only did the Romans confiscate the Iceni’s land and impose Roman government, they flogged Prasutagus’s widow, Boudica (or Boudicca), and raped his daughters. But as soon as Prasutagus died, in 60 CE, all bets were off. When the Romans conquered what is now England, in around 43 CE, they allowed Prasutagus, the leader of the Celtic Iceni tribe, to continue to rule his people. (Credit: Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons) Queen Boudica in John Opie's painting, Boadicea Haranguing the Britons.