Our earliest written sources on Boudica are from the Roman writers Tactius (writing over 30 years after the revolt) and Cassius Dio (writing over a century later). How confident are we that Boudica really existed?

by lost-in-earth

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I wrote on this topic years ago. In that post I outline the various (Roman) sources that mention her and the difficulties we have trusting them.

However, I haven't done any reading on this topic since, so as always other contributions are very welcome.