“Great leaders are reinvented through different periods of history” to what extent does this statement reflect the image and interpretation of Boudicca since the 1st century AD?The Tale of Boudicca, the warrior queen, dates back to 60 AD, when the Celts rose in revolt against their Roman oppressors. Yet the only ancient written sources about the battle today are full of prejudice and invention. All due to the fact that history is written by the winners and in this case by the literati. The Celts or Britons were an illiterate people so most of our knowledge about these people comes from Roman scholars. By analyzing these sources it becomes evident that ancient historians were able to create an image of Boudicca as they themselves perceived her or as they wished readers to see her. As a result, its history has been written and seen in many different lights over the centuries. The main sources of analysis are two ancient Roman historians Tacitus and Dio and sources dating back to the Victorian era. In chronological order, the first ancient historian who had a profound impact on the story of Boudicca was Cornelius Tacitus, the author of the Annals (109 AD) and Agricola (98 AD); two publications that talked about Boudicca and her revolt against Rome. The main focus of her writings was to highlight Boudicca as a female war leader, this generated much disgust in Roman society, where women were delicate creatures to possess. Having a woman as a leader was not tolerated and conveyed to the Romans that the Britons were an uncivilized and primitive people. Tacitus writes of Boudicca's pre-battle speech in which her opening statement "is not the first time the Britons have been led into battle... mid-paper... highlights the fact that she is a woman and therefore heroically strong.Historical; culture; time; and morality plays a profound role in the imagination of significant figures of the past enemy to the heroine her story has seen all forms of publicity. This will continue to change as readers' principles change over the centuries. Bibliography Adler, E 2008, Boudica's Speeches in Tacitus and Dio, Project Muse, Baltimore, USA Lawson, S 2013, Nationalism and Bioographic Transformation: The case of Boudicca, Australian National University, accessed 9 May 2014, .Trow, M 2005, Boudicca The Warrior Queen, Sutton Publishing Limited, Great Britain.