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Posted by generallobus (U1869191) on Thursday, 25th May 2006
Just read that a new Roman site in Birmingham has been mooted as the possible resting place of Boudicca after her defeat by Suetonius Paulinus. Archaeologists are sceptical at this point.
Any thoughts on this?
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Posted by an ex-nordmann - it has ceased to exist (U3472955) on Thursday, 25th May 2006
Yes - who mooted it and why?
nordmann. This is from the bbc news site:
It would be a "world-shattering" find, said Councillor Peter Douglas Osborn. But experts warned there is no evidence the site is linked to Boudicca.
"We are hoping that there will be an archaeological exercise next to the McDonalds site in Kings Norton in order to uncover the possible last battle of Queen Boudicca and Seutonius Paulinus," said Mr Douglas Osborn, a member of Birmingham City Council.
Better idea :
Do the archaeology.
THEN decide what it tends to show.
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Posted by ElistanOnVacation (U3933150) on Thursday, 25th May 2006
I smell tourism - See Boudica's last stand, do you want fries with that?
So it isn't her last resting place then - it's just where she stopped off to pick up a Big Mac
Seriously, though, I find it very hard to believe. Even if they do find the buriel place of a high status British woman, its not as if Boudica was unique in that regard. The only thing going for it is that Birmingham is closish to a couple of the proposed sites for the battle which defeated her.
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