Boudica
The Ancients
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The Importance of Understanding the Ancients
The extent of unity, how many tribes Boudica is able to gather together for this role seems unprecedented for Britain at that time. So two things there that I think about when we think about unity is one that these peoples hadn't gathered together before. And two they didn't really have a formulaic mode of warfare. They're not training in the way that Roman soldiers are. It's kind of a modern reworking that is not very accurate. Calling them tribes or peoples or groups or clans, none of these words really work.
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