Prasutagus was given money from Rome. He thought it was a gift, but Rome saw it as a loan, an investment. After a while, Rome wanted its money back. Prasutagus did not have the amount needed by Rome, so Rome waited. Prasutagus died in battle, and he left a will leaving half of the nation to Nero, the Roman leader, and half to his daughters. In Roman law there is no such thing as a will, and the estates of a dead man fall to the eldest son in the family. Prasutagus had no son. Rome took its chance. They infiltrated the royal residence, that at the time Boudicca and her daughters resided. When Boudicca objected to them looting the entire residence, she was publicly flogged and her daughters were raped (Mark). Boudicca took action. She would not let Rome disgrace her family and her nation. Boudicca should be remembered for being a strong leader, for the massacre at London, and being defeated by the Romans. Boudicca displayed her …show more content…
The only reason that Boudicca was defeated in the Battle of Watling Street was that she did not take into consideration her surroundings. The Roman leader Suetonius chose a spot carefully. He and his troops set themselves in a clearing with the woods behind them and a narrowing battlefield before them. Boudicca was so confidant that they would win that she told her troops to bring their families and set them up in wagons behind. Boudicca thought that numbers could beat skill and tactic. She was wrong. Suetonius and his troops massacred her army and then they destroyed and slaughtered all the people in the wagons. The wagons kept most of the British army from retreating, so the Romans defeated them easily. They killed every man, woman, and child and even the animals that pulled the carts(Mark). Boudicca was not thinking militarily. She was driven by passion and revenge, but she also caught the Romans by surprise with her