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The Iceni were a Celtic people in eastern Britain, in today's Norfolk. As a client kingdom they at first lived in alliance with Rome.
When King Prasutagus died, he named Rome and his daughters as joint heirs – but Rome took everything. Queen Boudicca was flogged, her daughters violated. Out of humiliation came revolt.
In AD 60/61 Boudicca led the Iceni and their neighbours against Rome. Her army destroyed Camulodunum, Londinium and Verulamium before the Romans beat her in a decisive battle. The Iceni paid a terrible price. (For the wider picture: the Britons.)
"She was resolved, as a woman, to conquer or to die."Boudicca, after Tacitus, Annals 14 (public domain, own translation)
The Iceni stand for the British fight for freedom. Continue with the Catuvellauni and Britons.
The Britons · The Catuvellauni · The Brigantes · The Atrebates · The Celtic Warriors.
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