Existential Comics @existentialcomics.com · Aug 19 When Boudica's daughters were raped by Roman officials in AD 61, she gathered the Britains and burned London in such a fiery inferno that a layer of ash can be found still beneath London, known by archeologists as the "Boudican Destruction Horizon". In 1902 London erected a statue in her honor.
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Queen (of the Iceni)
The Romans were occupiers after all
I knew that London has a long history of being periodically burned down, but I didn't know it went back *that* far. Yikes!
As someone who considers themselves a feminist ally, I wish for ALL women to have a Destruction Horizon named after their boundless untamed wrath.
Love her history! And how she DEFEATED the Romans. It was short lived of course, but admire her bravery and never giving in to the Romans.