I learned that she mounted her horse, after the Romans stripped her and whipped her. Then she and her 2 daughters and their hounds disappeared from the Roman records. The legend tells us that she went around the entire country and persuaded warring Celtic tribes to come together against the Romans in the dark of a future planned dark of the moon. Each time she had to plead her case again to barbarian warriors that they should amass as one.
The last she got to before the fateful night was Carodoc who lived here, where I am now. Dorset was the Durotriges (a roman rendition of their unpronouncable name)
The Durotriges lived up to their name, they were Celts like the Iceni but less given to agriculture more inclined to fight. Duro in Latin means - hard.
When Boudica finally met this great famous fighting Chieftain she was already in love with his legend.
Carodoc and Boodica survived that attack on Colchester and London but a few months later the Roman troops from the north and west, who had been summoned by a horse-riding messenger, finally took on the Celtic alliance and totally defeated it.
Nothing certain is known about what happened to Boudica at that battle near St Albans.
But the legend in Dorset has Carodoc’s burial barrow and it overlooks the whole territory to the coast.
Carodoc's name lives on here in place names, streets as far as Cornwall. While Boudica is commemorated with the battered but preserved roman remains of Colchester, a statue facing the Thames in London, with her back to the City and her image is on our money.
Let's revive her.
She is Britain, not one individual but all of us who are nurtured by this land, regardless of place of birth. Let's live up to her power, strength and determination.
Let’s finally kick these Romans out to sea as she tried so hard to do.
Sounds like a plan to me.....
Very moving clip from Newbury.
Was drawn to post it in comments below. Hope it resonates Frances
https://open.substack.com/pub/secularheretic/p/44-years-of-deep-earth-homesteading-fea?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=b7m4j
I'm from Cambridgeshire and the remains of her defences at Wandlebury Ring, places her original stand against the Romans, prior to being ousted after the Romans landed at Colchester, and when they bagan their road building. Incidentally remnants of that road are evident near Wandlebury Ring. This is also the supposed site of intersection of the Alexander and Mary Lay Lines, and is cited as one of the reasons Boudica chose this point to defend, just south of Cambridge. The Area is steeped in Mysticism.