Who were the Iceni?
Q: Who were the Iceni?
A: The Iceni were a Celtic tribe who lived in Great Britain, in the area of modern-day Norfolk and Suffolk.
Q: When did Emperor Claudius invade Great Britain?
A: Emperor Claudius invaded Great Britain in the year 43 AD.
Q: Who was the ruler of the Iceni at the time of the Roman invasion?
A: At that time, Antedios was the ruler of the Iceni.
Q: Why was there little economic exchange between the Iceni and the Romans?
A: The Iceni feared a loss of cultural identity, which meant that the Romans saw the relationship with the Iceni as a bad one.
Q: What did the Roman governor, Publius Ostorius Scapula, do in the year 47?
A: The Roman governor, Publius Ostorius Scapula, decided to disarm the tribes the Romans had bad relations with, in the year 47, and to build new Roman fortifications.
Q: Who was Boudicca and what did she do?
A: Boudicca was Prasutagus' wife who incited the Iceni, and a few allied tribes, into resisting the Romans. This resistance took place in the years 60 and 61, but was not successful.
Q: Where was the capital of the Iceni located?
A: At the end of the first century, the Iceni had their own capital, Venta Icenorum, located near the modern-day village of Caistor St Edmund.
