Boudica (also spelled Boudicca or Boadicea) was a leader of the Celtic Iceni tribe who led a rebellion against the Roman Empire. Although she was eventually defeated, she still managed to raise some serious hell and completely destroy several Roman settlements.
Part of the reason for her success was that her chariots supposedly had a secret innovation—long, sharp spikes fitted on each wheel in order to cut down those who stood in the way. Boudica is credited by many as the first to implement this weapon (the scythed chariot, as it is officially known) but the truth is we can’t even say for certain that she used it at all. What we do know, though, is that the scythed chariot existed long before Boudica’s time.
Boudica died in A.D. 60 or 61. However, the first mention of a scythed chariot comes from the Greek general Xenophon, who credits its invention to Cyrus the Great of Persia. Xenophon relates how Cyrus used the chariots in the Battle of Pteria in 547 B.C. Although this claim is somewhat disputed, many more descriptions of scythed chariots were given during the Greco-Persian Wars 100 years later—so they definitely existed before Boudica.
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Myth: Boudica Invented Wheel Spikes For Chariots
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