History & Facial Reconstructions of the Celtic Rebel & British Hero | Royalty Now
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 มิ.ย. 2024
- Narration & Art: Becca Segovia
Writing, Editing & Music Direction: Andre Segovia
Meet the woman who gathered the largest army the Roman Empire ever faced.
Boudica was the Queen of the Iceni tribe, located in what is now Norfolk, England. She led an uprising of Celtic tribes after the Romans pillaged her town, and raped her daughters. Although she was eventually defeated, she remains a British folk hero to this day.
But what's most mysterious is her appearance. Boudica’s grave and body have never been found.
The only physical description we have to work from comes from Roman Historian Cassius Dio, although he was writing over a hundred years after her death:
"In stature she was very tall, in appearance most terrifying, in the glance of her eye most fierce, and her voice was harsh; a great mass of the tawniest hair fell to her hips; around her neck was a large golden necklace; and she wore a tunic of diverse colors over which a thick mantle was fastened with a brooch…"
I’ve created Boudica’s appearance based on what we know - she was in her late twenties or early thirties when she died. She would have classic Celtic-Briton features, which are all backed up by the description given by Dio - she would be tall, with light coloring - red or blonde hair, blue eyes, and pale skin. Common Celtic-Briton facial features are a high forehead, defined cheekbones, narrow nose, and eyebrows that lay close to the eyes.
The Celts are not a unified people, so different tribes would have different traditions. But overall, the Celts were a very decorated people - they loved brightly colored clothing, woven with wool and dyed with natural dyes. Actually, Celtic outfits were so colorful that the Romans often remarked upon it, which is probably why Dio mentions it in his description of Boudica.
The design of the garments would be something like a Roman tunic.
Dio also mentions this large gold necklace that she wears - and he’s talking about a Torc - this thick gold ring worn around the neck. There are dozens of archaeological examples of these.
Despite romantic depictions of Boudica as a painted warrior queen, she probably never wore the blue face paint called woad, although she may have worn eyeliner or other makeup.
We know her hair was long and tawny - although Romans use this term loosely, most assume she had red or red-gold hair. Celtic women would decorate their hair with braids or twists, as well as beads or bits of metal. The warriors would sometimes use chalk-lime to bleach or decorate their hair, although we aren’t sure if Boudica did this.
So while a definitive likeness of Boudica is no longer possible, this is a reliable depiction of what a Celtic Queen from Roman-Era Britain could have looked like!
0:00 Early Life & The Romans
2:24 The Event that Sparked a Revolt
4:43 Physical Description of Boudica
5:35 Celtic Victories
7:40 Rome's Revenge
10:03 Boudica's Death & Legacy
11:17 What did Boudica look like?
13:25 Re-Creations Revealed
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Hey everyone! Apologies for the mistake where I said her ethnicity was Anglo-Saxon - it should be Celtic-Briton with classic Celtic Briton facial features. Also, a note about pronunciation - many of you are saying Iceni should be pronounced with a soft “c” sound, but the celts never used a soft C. It would sound like a K.
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Hello there, can you do a video of the Duchess of Devonshire Giorgiana Cavendish ,thanks!
No need for apologies here! You’re forgiven!!
I was about to comment about that, but I'm glad you got to it before me!
@@skyetoddmakeup same! My Irish hackles were rising....but all is well.
@@skyetoddmakeup Me too I jumped right on that !!
A truly touching tribute to a great woman whose name alone still resonates 2000 years later.
Great? She is like the British hitler who had an army of 100,000 strong and couldn’t defeat an army of around 10,000 I’m not on the Roman’s side, but she is no hero. Look at the atrocities she committed.
I named my baby (dog) Boudica 15yrs ago! She's with the original now😢. I've known about her for years!😊
I absolutely loved seeing a depiction of Boudicca. I'm ethnically Celtic and British, and always had such a hard time appreciating my pale skin and light coloring. Seeing paintings and portraits of Boudicca and our shared fearures years ago was the first things that ever made me feel beautiful. Thank you so much for this absolute masterpiece ❤
You're carrying your ancestors legacy in your features. Be proud, because you have one of the rarest and most beautiful features humanity has ever been gifted.
Imo boudica is EVERY female history buff's hero! No Roman man had ever come across a woman's wrath such as hers. Boudica deserves to be celebrated and known!
I like that you portrayed Boudica riding a horse. The Iceni tribe was known for breeding excellent riding and chariot horses, and horses were a symbol of their people. Boudica is depicted as leading her people in a chariot, but she may also have been skilled at riding horseback.
Celts across Europe and UK are most likely descended from the Scythians a horseback culture. They left the Steppe and migrated West around 9000 BC.
@@red2blackprofits no one knows for sure where the celts came from. But there was a tribe of celts who lived in Switzerland who mined salt. As salt in this time was nearly worth it's weight in gold.
@@red2blackprofits Some of the IRISH are descended from Scythians.
I believe they were one of the peoples that inspired Tolkien’s creation of the Rohirrim who were depicted as master horse breeders and had both the men and women being amazingly able on horseback :)
@@kimholcomb6943 It was how the Romans were paid..in salt.
Tears are in my eyes as I discover that recreation... In my mind, I pictured Boudica very close to what you've done, a raw "beauty" with that fierce appearance and stern look after all she came through as a woman, as a mother, as a queen and warrior!... Amazing credible work...
It is a remarkable reccreation.
Me too ! As the image looks at you "from 2000 years ago" I welled up ! MY Queen ! Along with Aethelflaed later
WOW! The way you manage, even without any surviving portraits, still capture the very essence of the person. It amazes me every time, AMAZIIIING!
A complete oxymoron -- managing without surviving portraits???? How then can any essence get captured? This channel is ridiculous.
I researched Boudica when in graduate school. There is a statue of her in London. She was an amazing woman. Thank you for sharing her story.
Boudica is one of my heroines. Your recreation of what she might have looked like is beautiful. Thank you so much.
Her and her daughters’ story made me realise the horrors of a ‘soldier’: a man who gets cheered on to unleash the most depraved monster within himself, raping and pillaging other people and their lands, all while with the excuse that he can blame another because he was only ‘following orders’. The men who gang-raped her daughters (who could have been children, their ages are unknown) went home to loving wives and daughters of their own, and were called heroes, and accepted back. It rots the heart.
Oh, you can time travel?
Found the predator!! Look at those red flags, jfc.
@@Miss_Camel Were you trying to say something?
@@scallopohare9431 oh, no, of course not. I DID say something, but I did accomplish it.
@@scallopohare9431 it's not having the ability to time travel, it's knowing that soldiers have been raping women and girls since the dawn of time, and it is STILL HAPPENING TODAY
Thank you for doing Boudica. I have read some about her, an amazing woman! Freedom is something we all need to be serious about. Especially these days. She was right, it is much more important than comfort and prosperity!
Boudica has always been one of my favorite Celtic people. I also had tears in my eyes when I saw the recreation! To see her move and look at me, her slight smile, simply took my breath away! Thank you for that!! ❤
Beautiful representation of Boudica. Looks so very like my Irish family by marriage. They can trace themselves back centuries. I appreciate you avoiding describing the torments of Boudica and her daughters. Nothing is gained from doing that and we all got the picture. Thanks again.
What an incredible recreation... it strangely actually made me a bit emotional. She looks identical, and I mean, like you drew her from life, a woman I used to work with, SJ, or Sarah Jane. I worked with her in Logistics, in a warehouse, it was a very very physical job and almost broke me. She is a natural leader, every inch very Boudica-like, strong willed, and physically able to do anything the men could do, and then some. Well done... wowzer.
@@southefrikan Wow, what a bitter comment. Her expression was based on emotions real for HER.
@@southefrikan Exactly. These people just make things up and accept them. The Iceni were blacks.
Nah y'all been lying she should be black tho fr that's facts 💯
@@IntroducingMrLucci you’re joking, right?
@@kimquinn7728 AÀ
She looks so majestic and, warrior-like in your recreation.
I got chills listening to her biography and welled up with tears. What an amazing woman she was!
Boudica the great, still remembered and honoured, and you did a great job giving her the possible face she may have had. Lovely, and wonderful video.
This is amazing, i've lived in Norfolk/East Anglia all my life and grew up learning about Boudica and the Iceni- so lovely to see a piece of home and history brought to life! Thank you!
hey where are from in norfolk. im from little melton just out side of norwich. i changed the flat lands for the mountains of switzerland 18 years ago. but i still like to tell people here of the woman warrior that burnt down london.
big up for norfolk people
😊
@@takemeup69 Me too, but from Kirby Bedon. Often go over to Stoke Holy Cross to walk over the old camp and imagine all those years ago
Ironically she’d look at the people that now live there as the enemy. As she was Brythonic modern day Welsh. And not English.
Boudica! The often overlooked warrior queen. There's a fascinating Time Team documentary about her - she was a very interesting figure, far more interesting than any film about her. Which is why I'm hoping the upcoming Boudicca film does her story justice, and captures her and the Iceni in all their morally ambiguous glory.
I looked up the cast of the movie and looks like Olga Kurylenko is playing Boudica. Which I don´t see as a right fit at all
@@hijlaa Yes, I first heard about the film when I saw a photo of her in costume. Was hoping for at least a fiery red wig but we'll have to wait and see. And coincidentally, she's featured in this video from the 2010 film Centurion.
I'm concerned by things I've read about it that make it seem like the movie is taking some liberties with the story, making it so that the Romans kill Prasutagus, prompting Boudica to take revenge. I'm really hoping that isn't the case, because I think that doesn't do her story justice at all.
@@syd5380 I'm hoping it's not simplified into "Romans Bad / Iceni Good" but that usually is the case with any historical epic.
I did not know Time Team did anything on her. Will half to search for it.
She had the fierce look of an angry mother and I adore your recreation of her.
It's too bad we'll never truly know what she looked like, but I'm sure this is pretty close!
A GRIEVOUSLY wronged Mama Bear ! Everything I have read from when I lived in Colchester says that when she got there, she killed EVERYTHING ! Not a single animal was left alive, and especially not the humans. Then ALL was torched ! There used to be a small pub we went in which had an underground bar, with a glassed over hole in the old Roman wall which still showed this 2-3" thick layer of charcoal debris under layers of contemporary earth, which Archaelogists had discovered
You need to take a look at British chieftain Caratacus, he fought a 7 year long guerrilla warfare against Roman rule, he was known all over the Roman empire, when he was eventually captured they took him to Rome and he was paraded through the streets, Tacitus who was actually there wrote about him extensively, he states he had hair to his waist and his body was covered in tattoos of beasts, the speech he gave is is very telling.
I love how you gave her eyes equal amounts of rage and sadness. very well done.
Boudica is such an amazing person, thank you for telling her story so well.
The most plausible visual depiction of Boudica yet offered, in my view. Well done.
Thanks for this. We recently adopted a reddish cat, so we named her Boudica. She's quite the mouser, so I guess she's living up to her namesake.
As a history buff, I read about and admired Boudica. I'm only sorry she didn't drive the cursed Romans out of Briton.
Jamesivie5717:We need another Boudicca to sort out the mess this country is in now.Proud to be Celt.
@@susanmccormick6022 Her actual appearance would shock you.
@@miltonkiller707 All I remember about her looks,was tall & redheaded.
@@susanmccormick6022 History taught in schools, mainstream history, omits certain details or replaces them with falsehood.
@@miltonkiller707
Since you seem to have met her, tell us what she looked like then
Absolutely sobbing, such an inspiring telling of her story! Thank you for being “gentle” with your description of what the Romans did, I actually was hesitant to click on this video bc of it, but you did a fantastic job of conveying the seriousness without it being particularly triggering. Excellent video!!!
I like the deep, furrowed brow you gave her, despite her relatively young age. It captures how difficult and tragic people's lives were in those times, especially hers.
Still very beautiful. If anything your recreation is more beautiful than many depictions of her I’ve seen
There’s a statue of Boudicca on her chariot across from the British Parliament Buildings and Big Ben. As for Roman description of Celtic women, you have to take into consideration the height of the individual describing her as well as his context of Celtic women compared to Roman women.
I'm 5'11 that's tall for a woman period and I'm of french Scottish English and italian descent, im assuming she very well couldve been tall af x)
This story was literarily breathtaking for me. The strength and determination of past civilizations knew no boundaries. From Royalty Now, I’ve learned that two of history’s most outrageous revolts were led by women. Astounding.
Thank you so much! She was amazing. I also love that it seems like the people around her were very pro-female leadership. If the Roman’s hadn’t gotten involved, her husbands lands would have gone to her daughters which I love.
@@RoyaltyNowStudios The Celtic peoples had some of the usual unfortunate issues about women, especially slaves, but women having property was not one of them. The hybrid Pagan/Christian body of law in Ireland called brehon law was so accepting of this, the topmost kind of marriage was when both members had the same amount of property. The woman having more was seen as awkward, but not out of the question. And yes, daughters could inherit in the absence of sons, but they were not left in poverty by any stretch when family resources allowed.
@@RoyaltyNowStudios She was... well, I suppose you know the drill by now. You can't remain unaware of the facts at this point. She looked more like Viola Davis.
@@miltonkiller707 Not if she was described as having "tawny" colored hair.
@@bridgetsclama Described by whom and when?
I’ve heard of Boudica and her story but I’m excited to learn more about her.
A black Briton of Trojan Hebrew heritage, survived by her murdered husband the king of the Iceni tribe, humiliated, raped alongside her two daughters, later rallying other such tribes to destroy the Roman army in Britain only to have some traitor betray them.
I have read quite a lot about Boudica over the years and much about the tribes. I have to say your rendition of her was so striking it almost brought tears to my eyes! I agree with your vision of her. Awesome job!!
I read a book that was a fictionalized account of her life with all the historical facts thrown in and it was fascinating!!! I've been intrigued by her ever since. She was one badass woman and I love hearing about her.
An amazing and beautifully told epic of Boudicia.And your imagination of her was brilliant. I live in a more northern part of that very land. Where it is safe to say. 2000 years on, we have slightly different dress sense. But still the same attitude!!!
Keep uo the inspired work.
The research, design, and final product you put out is spectacular. Thank you SO much for your professional work. The graphics and animation you create are beautifully done. Thank you SO much!
Outstanding video! Boudica has been one of my favourite historical figures for decades. She was such a badass and I think you did her justice, if only to imagine, "what if?"
Excellent story with great information and a helluva beautiful re-creation of her countenance !!!
I heard this story while at Colchester castle back in the 80s. The castle was built over the remains of a Roman temple Boudica was to have burned. I always pictured Boudica with long red hair, fierce gaze, and unflinching demeanor. I think your depiction would be pretty close.
Brilliant as always Becca. So educational, historical and artistic of course. Keep up the hard work on this amazing channel!
OMG!!! Boudica's my fave!!! 😍 Im so excited to meet her!
I'd follow that face into battle! Beauty and wisdom and a seriousness that brings resolve. Very nicely done, everyone!
It wouldn't have been that face.
Beautiful story, beautifully told. And she looks exactly as I would've imagined her either.
Thank you.
She was an astounding woman. You do amazing work!
That's awesome! It seems like I waited an eternity for this one! Thank you for your great depiction and story!
Fabulous story and recreation of Boudica - love your work - thank you and your staff for featuring a true queen - Queen Boudica!
Yay!!! Thank you so much! I have been waiting for this one for a long, long time and you didn't disappoint! So powerful! The detailed history, combined with the reconstruction make her live and breathe again!
That was beautiful, it literally brought tears to my eyes. Thank you.
Oh wow! You captured the pain in her eyes! Damn!
I’ve never heard this story before. Never been taught about this woman.
What's the point she was a white savage
Love this! Id love to see more Celts done!
What an amazing warrior woman, boudica was, fought for freedom, not forgotten.
I always have goosebumps watching your videos. Love it. And thank you. ❤
what a wonderful story you shared and also the depiction was breathtaking, thank you
That last picture gave me goosebumps.BEAUTIFUL AND STRONG!! Very well done! Enjoyed this video thanks so much!
I love your videos and look forward to seeing them. My daughter was learning about Harriet Tubman in school and I showed her the video and it gave her insight that this character was real and not just a story book character. Thank you for the beautiful work that you do!
"A bright cloak of diverse colors" sounds a lot like tartan to me. The Britons were more similar to the ancient Gaels than they would have been to anyone else. It's reasonable to assume that they used similar processes in milling their clothing. Love the depiction. Boudica is one of the great stories of Celtic fierceness.
You're almost right, although complexions were significantly darker. Britons derived from exiled black Trojans who made a point of preserving their bloodline, even rejecting marriage material from foreign lands on racial grounds. The tartans are Israelite tribal colours handed down via Dardanelle judean patrimony. Conclusion: she looked nothing like the above depiction.
@@miltonkiller707 Caucasoids are not descended from blacks. The explosion of DNA science has kicked like hypotheses to the curb. Boudicca had very red hair and was no doubt quite fair as redheads almost always are.
@@miltonkiller707 Total nonsense. You've been watching too much tik tok. There is absolutely NO documented evidence to prove this. Using fabric colours/patterns to prove genealogy really doesn't work. You need DNA for that. "Love" from a proud Briton. 😒😒😒😒
@@jasonward9429 I don't visit Tik Tok much. I think I can count the number of times on one hand.
There's plenty of evidence if you read between the lines.
Which parts of my comment do you dispute? I can furnish you with specific evidence to back up each claim.
When it comes to DNA research, you and I both must take the word of someone else, likely as biased against these facts as you are.
So all we really have is genuine reportage from the distant past, and I have plenty of this to share with you.
Britons, BTW were what we'd call today, blacks.
@@jasonward9429 Also Jason, if you must know, I hail from England. Please don't see any of this as hostile. It really isn't. It's just about establishing the truth. Someone has to do it. If that's not going to be you, then it'll have to be me.
Well done! If this is what Boudica looked like -- and there's really no reason to dispute it -- then her appearance was extremely striking. Not a traditional beauty, but her androgynous features make her absolutely compelling to look at. I would venture to guess that Boudica's powerful countenance played a significant role in her ability to lead. What a commanding presence.
I would call her less androgynous and more robustly feminine, because if a man looked like that he would look rather feminine.
I like that it was not chosen to make her traditionally beautiful
She dose NOT LOOK ANDROGYNOUS, this is to assume that she looked more like a man than a woman. She had femine facial features.
@@monmothma3358 but she was beautiful anyway.
@@kimholcomb6943 Absolutely.
Closest depiction i've ever seen of what I think she would have looked like. Great work. thank you.
It's amazing hearing Boudicca's story! I had never heard of her until recently when I purchased my ACW musket, named Boudicca, from my regiment's lieutenant. He told me a bit of her but that drove my history buff ass down a massive rabbit hole. Her story is so tragic, but perfectly understandable in her actions! So much respect for her!
beautiful story and great recreation of Boudica
Well done! Compelling story telling and equally moving artistry, as always! Thank you!
Absolutely gorgeous! Her reveal made my heart soar and I choke a bit. Beautifully done.
Stunning artwork as always, Tysm
I love your channel . The person ‘s story and recreations always told and done with skill and heart . Please keep the videos coming !
Thank you for always picking such interesting subjects/people for your "history lesson" and of course your amazing recreations. ❤
I have been binge watching these over the past 2 days. Absolutely LOVE these!
Hate to spoil the party, but 99% of the recreations on this site are completely inaccurate.
Oh yes! I remember asking for this months ago! Cant wait, thank you my fav channel!
Boudicca was the Niece of Tiberias Caesar, who married Prastutagus King as an alliance between Rome and Britannia. The Icenii were not Celts, as Celts did not exist as a people, they were Bretton, which is why the land was called Britannia. Celtii was a Roman name given to the people. Boudicca was buried under where the Platform 9-10 at King's Cross Station is now as her Chariot Burial was discovered when the new extended platforms for the Eurotunnel trains were being built, which is the reason why JK Rowling used Platform 9 3/4 for the Hogwarts Express train in the Harry Potter books. Boudicca was my Ancestor and I actually have a Silver One Denarius coin, or 1d of the Icenii tribe, from her Reign.
The sort of woman that, when she gets out of bed in a morning, the devil says, “Hell, she’s up!” Love her and, as an historian, revere her fight back even though I’m a Roman Military specialist. When it comes to Boudica, the only thing that defeated her was the “camp followers” who crowded in behind the battle and gave her army no way to retreat and reform. The Legion, most probably the Legio XX Valeria Victoria, based in Deva Victrix (Chester) but marching from Mona, (Anglesey) where they has put down the Druidic cult, we’re very lucky indeed. She’d have won but for the “spectators”.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for making this incredible channel. I'll keep sharing it with people.
The rage in her eyes! She was going to make sure Rome paid dearly for what they did to her beautiful girls. I loved the story of Boudica ever since I was a kid! It was actually through that old show Xena: Warrior Princess, I found out there was an actual warrior queen when I was a kid! We may never know what she truly looked like but her story lives on and we have to make sure it never dies out. I'll be happy if Roman history dies out.
But pay mind that Bouddica too did cruel things, like killing innocent people in her reign
@@Foundlilly11 the Romans did worse. The atrocities they did to every single tribe they subjugated is appalling. What Boudica did was child's play compared to what they did.
'An eye for an eye makes the world go blind'
@@Foundlilly11 It was a vastly more powerful nation colonizing her homeland, and since they couldn't be trusted to practice fair agreements with lesser states, she had every right to resist.
You must remember modern morality does not apply to the ancient mind, certain things like rape were still very bad, but innocent casualties of war were just a thing that happened.
@@Foundlilly11 Bro don't you know those things are only bad when the other side does them?
I love learning the history of these people perhaps even more than your recreations but the recreations are always amazing as well
Your interpretation of Boudica is lovely and probably very close to the real person. I appreciate your work and seeing her almost in the flesh. Thank you.
I really love that you didn’t put your recreation on the thumbnail of the video - I love being in suspense 😂 it makes the reveal so glorious.
Thank you..enjoyed this very much.😊❤
A truly magnificent woman. Thanks very much.
Fascinating as always. I very much enjoy the 3-d / scrolling-layers effect that you two are able to achieve with the illustrations. It really helps them to "pop" and bring them to life as well. Simple things like the babbling/splashing water really draws me into the imagery and the story you're telling. Of course the music selections are splendid... and I loved that the reveal showed her on horseback, in a natural outdoor setting with the sun glinting off her skin. A sitting-portrait style wouldn't seem quite right for her, would it? You made the best choice! I love every thing about this video and I admire your talent and all the work you put into this. --- Thank you!! 👍❤
Thank you so much! We are so glad you enjoyed it ❤️ I was happy to be able to find the reference images necessary to do her on horseback, I think that adds something as well.
Beautiful video's! And your voice is magical !!!! 😍
I just love the history lesson you give with each character. Thank-you
I am consistently impressed by your videos. Thank you for putting in so much work for us! ☺💓
I love your videos so much!! I am so happy you decided to do Boudica! You should do the Irish Pirate Queen Grace O'Malley!
I really enjoyed this, very interesting. Thoroughly researched and beautifully presented. Thanks ☮️
I am loving this channel! I got chills at the end when I see her move!
EXCELLENT video of Boudica
The Woman Warrior of Britannia. 👏👏
Well done Royalty Now!
Finally! I’ve been looking forward to this one.
What a fascinating story of history! Great recreation!! I love your channel!
WOW !!! Gave me Chill Bumps !! I LOVE looking at how you bring them alive .... moving their eyes !!! She looks a fearce as the discrpition says !! AWESOME!!
What an amazing story of an amazing warrior woman!
Wow! That was neat. Being almost 50% Celt blood heritage, Boudica has always been a favorite heroin of mine. Your recreation makes her look powerful, strong, and beautiful. Great job!
Heroine.
I absolutely love when history is told well. I have been watching several of your beautifully done videos, the picture you showed of Elizabeth was breathtaking. I felt like she was really gazing out at me. You managed to capture the personalities with your AI generated portraits. I am truly blown away by your channel. I just subscribed and every video gets a thumbs up from me. Please keep up the amazing work. I am such a fan!❤❤❤😊
I always check to see if a new video had been released. They are so informative and interesting, I think I’m addicted!
Thank you so much! We are happy you’re here!
I'm so excited to watch it. I don't know anything about Boudica. I've had your other videos on repeat, and they've encouraged me to dive down rabbit holes and learn more. Also, thanks for taking a neutral political approach. I appreciate it.
I hate to break it to you but this channel is iconoclastic, in that it promotes false identities for historical figures. The truth about all this would likely offend you. Since I have your attention, I'll tell you straight out. Boadicea looked more like Viola Davis.
I wish there was more material to go on but the research was great as always 👏🏽
Thank you so much! I love your work and I’m glad you did this one.
This video is amazing…I love her story and your recreation is brilliant.
Celts in nth Europe could get quite tall after a few well fed generations, her father was a king, probably tall and masculine so it's likely she inherited that as evidenced by her ability to lead men. Your portrait presents her as physically impressive in that way, and with her genetics taken into account, I think this is another well done imagining rivaling your extraordinary Joan Of Arc!.
Thank you so much! Yes, the Celts would have been much taller than the Romans (even if they would have seemed average to us today). I love how fearsome they must have been to the Roman men.
Celts didn't know their fathers. Lineage was traced through the woman. Celts were sexually active with many partners. This made fatherhood impossible to trace. If her father was a chief his heir would have been the first born of his sister.
Boudicca was around 6 foot tall. The average Roman guy was 5'6"-5'7" in height. You can imagine how intimidating a well muscled, tall, reddish headed woman with a Bonny Tyler voice would be walking up to them. Especially one with a scowl on her face! "Son, look me in the eye when I speak to you!" Grabs the Roman and picks him up off the ground so she can look him in the eye😛😛
@@carltanner9065 👍👍👍👍👍🤟✌️🌹
Great video! kind of looks like actress Kelly Reilly's character from the TV show "Britannia" where she plays a Celtic Princess! Love the videos! Keep them coming!
I just discovered your channel and I'm hooked! How brilliant and so well done.
These videos are so good im blown away. Ive watched like 4 and finally had to comment on this one. Please keep them coming ❤