The Romans overwhelm the lightly-armed Iceni, lay waste to the Dun, and the Procurator has Boudicca beaten, while her daughters are raped (8).īoudicca declares that they will wait until the Governor, Suetonius Paulinus, is preoccupied fighting the Druids in the west before they take to the war trail (9). The Iceni tolerate his insulting manner until his Escort Commander attempts to molest Essylt the Royal Daughter and her betrothed Duatha kills him. He dies young and suddenly of a fever, and the Roman government, believing that the royal line is ended, seizes the opportunity to annex the semi-independent state into the provincial government proper (6).ĭecianus Catus, the Roman Procurator, arrives with a legionary escort to claim Prasutagus's estate and usher Boudicca and her daughters into retirement.
The Roman governor disarms the allied tribes and Prasutagus makes a will leaving half his private wealth to the new Emperor Nero, a customary buy-off (5). They have two daughters to carry on their royal line. Prasutagus is severely injured protecting Boudicca during a stampede and she reverses her feelings towards him (4). Prasutagus along with the other British chieftains reluctantly swears allegiance to the Emperor Claudius. The Romans land in Britain for the second time and crush the Catuvellauni, whom Boudicca chooses not to support. Boudicca publicly refuses to sleep with Prasutagus (3). Boudicca's father the King is killed in battle against the Catuvellauni, the strongest tribe of the southeast, and Boudicca and Prasutagus become the Queen and King.
Boudicca is resentfully betrothed to Prasutagus, a stranger who will become King of the Iceni by virtue of their marriage (2). Cadwan of the Harp, narrator and harper to the chiefs of the Iceni, promises a sword song to Boudicca, the Royal Daughter and future Queen (1).
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