布狄卡
布狄卡（英語：Boudica或Boudicca），舊名博阿迪西亞（拉丁語：Boudicea，或譯波阿狄西亞），威爾斯語中稱她為比達格（Buddug）[1]（不詳—61年），是英格蘭東英吉利亞地區古代愛西尼部落的王后和女王，其丈夫普拉蘇塔古斯是愛西尼人的統治者。由於在丈夫普拉蘇塔古斯去世後，羅馬人搶去了其土地、自己受毒打，深愛的女兒們慘遭凌辱、國民要交重稅，因此她領導了不列顛諸部落反抗羅馬帝國佔領軍統治的起義。她在惠特靈大道戰役慘敗後不願被俘而服毒自盡去世。布狄卡一直是英國重要的文化標誌。
參考文獻
- ^ Davies, John. A History of Wales. London: Penguin. 1993: 28. ISBN 0-14-01-4581-8.
延伸閱讀
- Guy de la Bédoyère, 'Bleeding from the Roman Rods: Boudica' in Defying Rome. The Rebels of Roman Britain, Tempus, Stroud, 2003
- Vanessa Collingridge; Boudica, Ebury, London, 2004
- Richard Hingley & Christina Unwin, Boudica: Iron Age Warrior Queen, 2004
- Manfred Böckl: Die letzte Königin der Kelten. (The last Queen of the Celts). Novel telling the life of the Iceni-Queen Boadicea in German language. (Rights: Aufbau Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2005.)
- Joseph E. Roesch, Boudica, Queen of The Iceni (London, Robert Hale Ltd, 2006).
- Andrew Godsell "Boadicea: A Woman's Resolve" in "Legends of British History" (2008)
外部連結
- James Grout: Boudica, part of the Encyclopædia Romana
- Trying to Rule Britannia; BBC
- Iceni at Roman-Britain.org
- Iceni at Romans in Britain
- Boadicea may have had her chips on site of McDonald's by Nick Britten
- PBS Boudica / Warrior Queen website
- Warrior queens and blind critics - article on the 2004 film King Arthur which discusses Boudica
- 24 Hour Museum trail
- Channel 4 History - In Boudica's Footsteps
