Mel Gibson's next epic is going to be about Boudicca, queen of a Briton tribe. I did my high school senior paper on Boudicca at the urging of my English teacher, Marie Graham, may she rest in peace.
Boudicca's husband died, and the Roman rulers at the time didn't seem to think Boudicca could rule as queen. To add injury to insult, Roman legions are reputed to have raped her and her daughters. That pissed her off right smart, as they say. So she sacked and raged and burned Londinium right down to the ground. Then they caught her and killed her and a whole bunch of other Britons besides.
Anyway, interesting story. I may have to put aside my rampant disgust at Gibson's more recent historical/biblical vomitus and go see this one when it comes out.