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To: Carolyn who wrote (21499)	1/22/2008 10:37:53 PM
From: Patrick Slevin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90863

I edited the post. Okay, Boadicea was mixed up against the Romans, but that was no myth. Let me check that.

To: Carolyn who wrote (21499)	1/22/2008 10:39:27 PM
From: Patrick Slevin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90863

The Romans most disliked the terrifying war spirit of the Celts, especially the fact that women fought alongside the men, indistinguished in honor and strength. The Roman Diodorus Siculus wrote of Celtic women, saying, "Among the Gauls the women are nearly as tall as the men, whom they rival in courage." The historian Plutarch stated this while describing a battle in 102 B.C. between Romans and Celts: "the fight had been no less fierce with the women than with the men themselves... the women charged with swords and axes and fell upon their opponents uttering a hideous outcry." Because Boudicca -- a woman, a Roman subject, and a Britannic royal -- led the rebellion, Rome felt even more disgraced and outraged. You like that woman warrior stuff, doncha? members.tripod.com