Iron Age burial customs in southern England offer ... Meanwhile, queens like Boudica and Cartimandua commanded armies and held significant political power. Dr. Miles Russell, a co-author and ...
There was also Cartimandua, the 1st century queen of the Brigantes people ... "But archaeology, and now genetics, implies women were influential in many spheres of Iron Age life," he said. "Indeed, it ...
The Iron Age burials of powerful women revealed land ... Female tribal leaders Cartimandua and Boudica became legends, leading uprisings that destroyed Roman towns and challenged the authority ...
Excavating a Late Iron Age Durotriges burial at Winterborne Kingston ... Two of the earliest recorded rulers were queens – Boudica and Cartimandua – who commanded armies,” said Dr Miles ...