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The Importance of a Queen in the Roman Empire
Budokus the wife of Prasitagus of the Akane, she seems to be the queen consort rather than holding power in her own right. Unlike Cartimandua of the Rigantes who was the queen in her ownright and her husband Venutius was a consort but in this case she's not queen as such. I think once Pras itagus dies and she is left alone I think it's quite acceptable to call her a queen," says Tasseter.
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