Warrior Women - Boudica 1

[hollywoodwerewolf]

if they make this a movie, done properly, Lucy Lawless could play the role. 

[cuzcatlan36]

bouica was a lesbian

[jamesaellis]

What language is spoken in the reconstruction?

[bensimps123]

the reconstruction is poor and cheap

[ArchEnemyNemesis1]

the saying ends "like a woman scorned" i think.she lost the battle though...petty.

[4040mom]

lucy lawless is like one of my favorite people!!!!! SHE IS AMAZING!!!!!!!

[tranurse]

don't mess with a mother's children. what do you expect?

[kdgreer0]

Hollywood needs to make a movie about this woman.

[2manynegativewaves]

@kdgreer0 Please,no. Can you imagine it? Boudica needs to look like an East German Shot putter of indeterminate gender that is not going to play in Hollywoodland is it,some near death skinny 'merican chic playing Boudica would just be a nightmare.

[mrcharles007]

I never heard of her, I studied history in high school and college and I never heard of her. what a shame. 

[Ipodmoeilijk]

@mrcharles007

What?! You're probably not European, are you?

[mrcharles007]

@Ipodmoeilijk no american

[ucruci]

Thank you for posting this documentary. I haven't seen it before. Using Lucy Lawless as narrator to talk about warrior women should've been obvious. I haven't thought of it before.

[ELULTIMOEXILIO1]

admirables y de eso tendremos que rebelarnos despues de 2012 despues de eso los pocos consideraran

[rayva1]

I thought the Celts never burned their dead unless the person's being cremated was being punished. Rather, those of nobility were placed in wooden graves and buried along with their jewelry, swords, etc. kind of like what they did with mummies in Egypt.

[TheGreaterGood80]

Every country has a story of oppression and heroic rebellion. We in America were the valiant rebels and then became the violent oppressors overnight. Germanic peoples were mainly on the receiving end of invasions, not creating them. China has both brutalized others and been brutalized throughout its history, etc. Boudica's story really is humanity's story.

[paranormal666wiccan]

2 people are ganna get their ass kicked by Boudica haha

[Mahbu]

The irony, as is often the case, instead of liberating her people. . it only brought more suffering. So much, in fact, that Emperor Nero even felt that Suetonius, the man who beat Boudica, was too cruel in punishing the people and had him relieved.

[Boudiga]

@Mahbu Yes, but she did the right regardless of the circumstances. She defended her family and her people. That is why she is remembered and he is not.

[Mahbu]

@Boudiga

Actually, he is remembered. Just not to the same degree as, say, Pompey or Caesar. It's hard to stand out when surrounded by strategic and tactical geniuses of equal or greater calibre.

[Boudiga]

@Mahbu I understand that, but there is a statue of Boudica, but not of Suetonius. He really isn't mentioned much, accept the defeated her. But her ass kicking is legendary.

[Mahbu]

@Boudiga

The case with Boudica is an interesting one. She was entirely forgotten for a long period of time and only returned to prominence as a gesture to flatter Queen Victoria and as a political/PR move.

What she stood for mattered little. Mind you, she was standing up against imperialism but instead became a simple for (British) Imperialism.

[Boudiga]

@Mahbu I'm aware. But historically, she is a female Spartacus. We know little of him as well. Both are stories of those who are oppressed standing up to their oppressors. The story is timeless and exist in all cultures. It is sad how Victoria used her name to inflict the same cruelty done to Boudica, onto others. Thats whats happens when you ignore the stories of your ancestors.

[tonylast47]

Spelling is wrong, it's Boudicca, or Boadicea

[KiraGarza]

@tonylast47 Actually it has been spelt four different ways as translating it is very hard, we still don't know the right spelling in English.

[tonylast47]

@KiraGarza I see you're right now. It's a shame the only historical refernces we have are from the Roman historian Tacitus. He didn't even bother to give details of the site of the final battle and neither did the Roman General and Governor at the time, Suetonius Paulinus, so we don't know exactly where the fight took place.

[Boudiga]

@tonylast47 Actually Boadicea was a Roman translation error. Her name wasn't written down in the english language until much later. Which is why her name has multiple spellings.

[CM99501]

Romans kicked her ass

[WirocuPritanos]

@assym2006 Seriously man, be nice?

[WirocuPritanos]

The historical accuracy in this is CRAP. Sorry.

[assym2006]

@WirocuPritanos o boohoo , we dont care.

[assym2006]

@WirocuPritanos

[Jalyndre]

Queen Boudica R.I.P...your name and deeds shall never be forgotten!

I wish The Romans would had stayed in Rome. They destroyed so many cultures all over the then known world...from Egypt to Germanica. And when they had done that they turned christian and forced on to not only their fellow Europeans but to the new world as well. There is only one word for that...cultural rape!

Barbarism came to Northen Europe with The Roman Eagle.

[elchippe]

@Jalyndre the may explain why europe RAPE the rest of the world.

[assym2006]

@elchippe O Boohoo now fuck off

[CM99501]

@Jalyndre but with out Rome we would be nothing like today

[antred11]

@Jalyndre The Romans were really no more or less barbaric than anyone else at the time, they just were more successful than most at being barbaric.

[tedsend28]

Julius Caeser didn't try to conquer Britain. His intention was to stop the Gauls of Britain from aiding the Gauls of the mainland. He succeeded in that. He achieved his goals. In military terms he achived his stated objectives.

[ThePhucyu]

@tedsend28 caesar did invade britain...

[028956]

Well the reason why Boudica might have sacked London, may be she probably assumed most Londoners at the time were really pro Roman or something, but also you got remember that during Boudica's time Britain wasnt a United Kingdom and most regions were enemies and treated each other a bit like foreighners

[masterfeatherpen]

Before making comments, please study history outside television. They exaggerate EVERYTHING.

[tacotony24]

Boudicca is just an opportunist scum.

It took the Romans to civilized these savages and cannibals into useful citizens.

[Valmarith]

Hail the great queen Boudica, who defied the Roman fascist to the bitter end.

[1nosferatu2]

History knows no sunjunctive!

[Vice81]

had she fought a guerrilla war she would have won and celtic/norse civilization would have developed properly

[VLADIMIRJUANOVICH]

Wrong! Stone hedge was built by prehistoric tribes in the Neolithic around 2,270 BC. Milleniums before the arrival of the Celts(Goidels)

[benthejrporter]

@VLADIMIRJUANOVICH It was a bit misleading showing Zena walking by Stonehange. A bit like historian from the future showing Hadrians Wall and saying it's a building from modern Britain! The Celtic culture only took root in Britain just before 1000 BC. Stonehenge is a lot older; it was finished about 2200 BC as you say.

[rockchick80s]

Boudica - Strong, Courageous,  Passionate, and Very Fiery too. But also full of love for her People.

[SummernlightningUSA]

@rockchick80s

Actually, history tells us ZERO about boudicas love or lack of love for her people. And calling her a feminist might be stretching it a tad, since when she had her men storm that Roman town its documented that she had them chop the tits off of many innocent women (yes you can look that up) But If mindlessly killing innocent women and children who did nothing to you in the name of revenge makes you a hero, I guess shes a hero then.

[JamesArranMcGregor]

cymru am byth...boudica!!!

[benthejrporter]

@JamesArranMcGregor Buddug! Fy mhrenines

[lemurdue]

Typical, say "celt" and they run for a red head to play the role. The celts in Boudica's region resemble Tom Jones and Catherine Zeta Jones than they do Darby O' Gil.

[fellinian]

But Tacitus and Dione Cassio wrote Boudica had red hairs.

[rossik]

@lemurdue but you know she was a red head, right?

[EasyCompanyAirborne]

All these women are no good. They all lost. No generals like Patton here.

[elefteria44]

texte dit par Lucy Lawless

[Mrshoebillstork]

I´ve read that no one knows what her real name was just like Arminius a.k.a Hermann. Roman authors mention their names but historians have reasons to doubt them. Some names like Vercingetorix were not names but king titles like gaiserik or alarik.

[benthejrporter]

@Mrshoebillstork In her fictional books about the life of Boudica, Manda Scott calls her Breaca. This is an older version of Bridget.

[TonyN737]

"Tonight, on 'Deadliest Warrior', Boudica vs. Fah Mulan ... Who. Is. DEADLIEST?"

[GamingGenius]

I have a better idea: Boudica vs. Joan of Arc!

[FoxFan100]

boudica was a fox!

[paranormal666wiccan]

Boudica is the best ginger EVER!!!

go Boudica!

[bookkeeper57]

This video depicts Boadicea realistically: long red hair, gold torc which was symbol of her rank, light chariot. She dressed like a Celtic woman: she did not look like a circus acrobat, even though she was skilled with weapons and able to handle a horse.

[Ganymede4]

Hell has no fury like a woman's scorn

[goldenscales]

@Ganymede4 Sorry about this, but....... the proper expression is, 'Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned'.

Peace brother.

[doorvboy]

good video ..I am looking for the history of the white man.