Iceni

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The Iceni were an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern Britain, best known for their queen Boudica’s revolt against Roman rule in the 1st century AD.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Iceni canonical 9
Iceni tribe 2
pre-Roman Iceni kingdom 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Iron Age tribe
ancient Celtic tribe
alliedWith Trinovantes
archaeologicalEvidence distinctive coinage
field systems
rural farmsteads
archaeologicalSite Venta Icenorum archaeological remains
attackedCity Camulodunum
Londinium
Verulamium
capital Venta Icenorum
capitalLocatedNear modern Caistor St Edmund
coinIconography Celtic abstract designs
horse motifs
culturalRegion eastern lowland zone of Britain
economy agriculture
horse breeding
metalworking
ethnicity Celtic
knownFor Boudica’s revolt against Roman rule
resistance to Roman occupation of Britain
language Brittonic Celtic
leader Boudica
locatedIn Britannia
eastern Britain
modern Norfolk region
parts of Cambridgeshire
parts of Suffolk
mentionedInSource Cassius Dio’s Roman History
Tacitus' Agricola
surface form: Tacitus’s Agricola

Annals by Tacitus
surface form: Tacitus’s Annals
minted gold coins
silver coins
neighbouringTribe Catuvellauni
Corieltauvi
Trinovantes
notableLeader Boudica
Prasutagus
politicalStructure tribal kingdom
postRevoltStatus fully incorporated into Roman province of Britannia
preRomanStatus client kingdom of Rome
rebelledAgainst Roman Empire
regionType civitas of Roman Britain
religion Celtic polytheism
revoltDate AD 60
AD 61
royalHouse dynasty of Prasutagus
timePeriod 1st century AD
Iron Age

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Snettisham associatedWith Iceni
subject surface form: Snettisham Hoard
Conquest of Britain hasParticipant Iceni
this entity surface form: Iceni tribe
Boudican revolt faction Iceni
Battle of Watling Street (AD 60 or 61) combatant Iceni
subject surface form: Battle of Watling Street
Camulodunum attackedBy Iceni
Snettisham Hoard relatedTo Iceni
this entity surface form: Iceni tribe
Snettisham Hoard associatedWith Iceni
this entity surface form: pre-Roman Iceni kingdom