古德明英語軍事小故事：王 后 之 死(中英對照)
古德明《征服英語》之英語軍事故事，古德明，香港英語教育作家，他開了一個《征服英語專欄》，在專欄中專門用英語寫了世界近代史上的軍事小故事，用英語講述歷史中那些驚心動魄的戰爭。
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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