TALKS AND EVENTS
Scheduled Talks for 2024
Saturday 6th July 2024 (Mi)
East London Family History Society
Upminster
Subject, The Riddle of Boudica
Tuesday 16th July 2024
Kimpton Probus Club
Kimpton, Herts
Subject. Buffalo Bill’s Wild West
with David Dunford
Thursday 18th July 2024
Dee Gordon, Famous Essex Authors
The Evening Discusion at the Maldon Book Shop
21-23 High Street, Maldon
The Evening Discussion Tickets £5.00
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Friday 27th September 2024 (Am)
Elmhurst Court
Woodbridge, Suffolk
Subject,The Riddle of Boudica
Tuesday 15th October (Mi)
Leigh on Sea Probus Club
Southend on Sea
Subject,The Riddle of Boudica
Scheduled Talks for 2025
Wednesday 26th February 2025
Baddow and Galleywood U3A
Great Baddow
Subject, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West
with David Dunford
Friday 7th March 2025 (Ev)
Braintree Museum
Braintree
Subject, Snatched from Essex
Thursday 8th May 2025 (Ev)
Hedingham Heritage Society
Castle Hedingham
Subject, Battlefield Essex
Monday 19th May 2025 (Am)
Rayleigh Townswomen’s Guild
Rayleigh
Subject, 366 Days in Essex
New Talk
The Riddle of Boudica
The Roman occupation of Britain lasted over 350 years. In AD 60, seventeen years after the Romans arrived, Queen Boudica led an uprising which resulted in the destruction of Colchester, London and St Albans. The rebellion was short lived and resulted in a harsh crackdown.
Yet in later years Roman rule was interrupted by several uprisings and incursions by the ‘natives’. In AD 185 part of the occupying Roman Army mutinied and 100 years later the Roman Commander Marcus Aurelius Carausius proclaimed himself Emperor of an independent Britain. Yet, in turn, the insurrections were supressed, the mutiny put down, the usurper overthrown and Roman rule returned to more or less normal.
Yet, despite of all the upheavals in the British Isles during Rome’s long tenure, it is only Boudica who is especially remembered.
This illustrated talk explores the ‘facts’ of Boudicca’s rebellion so far as it is known and examines the resultant Heritage, Legacy and Mythology grown up around it.
For a list of topics see our entry on Public Speakers Corner
Andrew Summers | Public Speakers in the UK (publicspeakerscorner.co.uk)
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