Shield maidens and the heroic genre - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

**The Saucepan Man** · 02-03-2003, 07:47 AM

I'm not so convinced that Queen Boudicca/Boadicea was put to death by the Romans because they felt that she threatened their manhood - I think it was more to do with her being a right pain in the **** for them! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

She is, however a good example of a female warrior/leader. And I believe that she fits in with the revenge theme. Wasn't her family supposed to have been eliminated in a Roman massacre? Hence her hatred of the Romans and her resolve to lead her tribe (the Iceni?) against them.

02-03-2003, 07:47 AM	#13
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	I'm not so convinced that Queen Boudicca/Boadicea was put to death by the Romans because they felt that she threatened their manhood - I think it was more to do with her being a right pain in the **** for them! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] She is, however a good example of a female warrior/leader. And I believe that she fits in with the revenge theme. Wasn't her family supposed to have been eliminated in a Roman massacre? Hence her hatred of the Romans and her resolve to lead her tribe (the Iceni?) against them. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

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