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Boudica

"Boudicca" is the form given by Tacitus and is the only contemporary rendering of the name. (Dio represents it as "Buduica.") On philological evidence, the spelling probably should be "Boudica," a variation of "victory" in Celtic and the equivalent of the modern "Victoria." In any event, "Boadicea" is incorrect.

This stained glass portrait is in the Colchester Town Hall, which is on the site of the original Roman forum.

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