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- 1Was the British king who invited Rome actually a queen?●Historians say King Verica persuaded Rome to invade Britain. But could Verica actually have been a queen? https://www. t
Historians have long claimed that Verica, a king in southern Britain, persuaded Rome to invade Britain in 43 AD. A new argument raises the possibility that Verica may in fact have been a woman, prompting debate about the origins of the Roman conquest of Britain and how early British rulers were recorded.
- 2Famed Iron Age king was actually a woman, research suggests●Famed Iron Age king was actually a woman https:// fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.pops ci.com/science/iron-age-king-was-woman-
New research reported by Popular Science argues that Verica, a famed Iron Age ruler in Britain long assumed to have been a king, was in fact a woman. The claim challenges centuries of assumptions about the identity and gender of one of pre-Roman Britain's best-known figures, and the finding is circulating among science and history readers online.