古德明英语军事小故事：王 后 复 仇 记(中英对照)
古德明《征服英语》之英语军事故事，古德明，香港英语教育作家，他开了一个《征服英语专栏》，在专栏中专门用英语写了世界近代史上的军事小故事，用英语讲述历史中那些惊心动魄的战争。王 后 复 仇 记
when the romans conquered britain in ad 43, britain was divided into many separate kingdoms. king prasutagus in east england was allowed to retain some of his traditional power, but as soon as he died, the romans seized his kingdom, publicly stripped and flogged his widow boudicca, and raped his daughters.
boudicca vowed vengeance and raised a huge army. she fell on colchester, london and st albans, and burned them to the ground. between 70000 and 80000 roman soldiers and civilians were killed in the three cities destroyed, and the noblest women were impaled on spikes and had their breasts cut off and sewn to their mouths.
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