古德明英语军事小故事：王 后 之 死(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 之 死
in her war against the roman invaders, queen boudicca of east england counted on seizing roman food stores when her warriors abandoned their own fields to wage rebellion. however, the roman governor suetonius strategically saw to the burning of the stores. famine thus struck boudicca's army, weakening them.
boudicca fought her last battle at an unknown site. her warriors attacked uphill and, exhausted and hungry, were easily routed by a much smaller force of roman troops. thousands of them were killed. it is said that boudicca returned to her home territory and took poison to avoid roman capture.
a result of boudicca's rebellion was that the romans strengthened their military presence in britain and lessened the oppressiveness of their rule.
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