Icenii

Sounds a bit of a quandary.  After all, getting whipped naked might seem quite a lark under some circumstances -- especially when it's followed by wild nights of chariot racing and chargrilling Italians -- but it's got to be wearying.  And you'd think it would be better to be alive than dead, but without death who actually gets to live for two thousand years and inspire poets and soup addicts alike?  This Boudicca of yours, does she battle for the sake of it or does she take up the cause when it's thrust upon her?