Iceni
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- proper noun
- According to the Roman historian Tacitus, writing some 50 years after the event, trouble began in A.D. 60/61 in the region north of Camulodunum, upon the death of the powerful king of the Iceni tribe.
- Iceni tribe
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Although celebrated in Rosemary Sutcliffe's historical novel Song for a Dark Queen, first published in 1978, few available books deal with this fascinating leader of the Iceni tribe.
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The thick red layer of ash beneath London, courtesy of Queen Boudica's Iceni rebels who burnt Roman Londinium to the ground in 60 AD, is testament to that.
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And Boudicca, Queen of Iceni, was one of the first people to stand up.
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One can also visit the British Museum to view Iceni silver coins and golden torcs, or neck rings.
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Wikipedia on Boudica, queen of the British Iceni tribe.
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Photographs of Iceni artifacts and Iron Age forts can be found on the Iceni Gallery site, and a photograph of the reconstructed Iceni village at Cockley Cley can be found on the same site.
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Photographs of Iceni artifacts and Iron Age forts can be found on the Iceni Gallery site, and a photograph of the reconstructed Iceni village at Cockley Cley can be found on the same site.
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Photographs of Iceni artifacts and Iron Age forts can be found on the Iceni Gallery site, and a photograph of the reconstructed Iceni village at Cockley Cley can be found on the same site.
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Boudicca was the famous queen who led the Iceni tribe in their revolt against the Romans.
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The British Museum features many artifacts from the Iceni, including silver coins and decorative torcs.
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Etymology
The name Iceni was the tribe's own name and was recorded by Roman writers; it probably comes from an old Celtic word meaning 'people' or 'family'. A helpful way to remember the Iceni is to think of them as a strong local 'people' who rose up against Roman rule.