Boudica
The Ancients
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The Death of a Roman Leader
The apex of roman leadership is that the captain goes down with the ship or if you are losing a battle then the general will commit suicide either by rushing into battle and fighting to the death which is something like we get with cataline. The revolt sometimes doesn't end with the death of the leader so let's go back to the aftermath of the final clash at the best of wattling street what do we think happens to buddica after this clash? "At some point she does die and this is where our source is different their differences betray a very interesting authorial bias"
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