For this week’s episode of the Peopling the Past podcast, we talk with Dr. Caitlin Gillespie, an assistant professor of Classical Studies at Brandeis University, where she works on the history of women’s protests in the early Roman empire, integrating theories of memory, exemplarity, and landscape. Her first book, Boudica: Woman Warrior of Roman Britain, was published with Oxford University Press in 2018. She is currently working on a book concerning forms of female protest as recorded in Tacitus’ Annals and writing about women in the year of the four emperors.
Listen in, as Dr. Gillespie talks to us about Boudica, the fierce leader of the Brittonic Iceni tribe who led a revolt against the Romans. We find out who she was, possible reasons behind the revolt, economic and cultural life of the Iceni, and identity in late Iron Age and Roman Britain.
Interested in learning more? Check out these related works by Dr. Gillespie:
Gillespie, C. C. 2018. Boudica: Warrior Woman of Roman Britain. Oxford University Press.
Gillespie, C. C. 2018. “The Wolf and the Hare: Boudica’s Political Bodies in Tacitus and Dio,” Classical World 108.3: 403-429.
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Additional Materials Related to this Podcast
Adler, E. 2008. “Boudica’s Speeches in Tacitus and Dio.” Classical World 101: 173-195.
Allason-Jones, L. 2005. Women in Roman Britain. New Edition. York: Council for British Archaeology.
Braund, D. 1996. Ruling Roman Britain: Kings, Queens, Governors and Emperors from Julius Caesar to Agricola. London: Routledge.
Creighton, J. 2006. Britannia: The Creation of a Roman Province. London: Routledge.
Crummy, P. 1997. City of Victory: The Story of Colchester – Britain’s First Roman Town. Colchester: Colchester Archaeological Trust.
Davies, J. 2009. The Land of Boudica: Prehistoric and Roman Norfolk. Oxford: Oxbow.
Dudley, D. R. and Webster, G. 1962. The Rebellion of Boudicca. New York: Routledge.
Hingley, R. and C. Unwin. 2005. Boudica: Iron Age Warrior Queen. London: Hambledon and London.
Johnson, M. 2012. Boudica. London: Bristol Classical Press.
Mattingly, D. 2006. An Imperial Possession: Britain in the Roman Empire. London: Penguin.
Revell, L. 2016. Ways of Being Roman: Discourses of Identity in the Roman West. Oxford: Oxbow.
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Hey, when I try to open the link I just get a dos, not the site with the podcast
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Hello Jamie, are you able to play the podcast through the website?
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This links to the Mesopotamian podcast, not Boudicca
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It should now be linked to the Boudica episode, but please email us at peoplingthepast@gmail.com should this be an ongoing issue for you.
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