Ok, I no longer want to be Boudica or Wu Zetian because I'm starting to realize they were both horrible people and the only reason they get celebrated by modern histotians is because of the fact that they were females with a lot of power in a time and world where 99% of women had no power.
But I can't get over the fact that Boudica had so many civilians including children tortured, murdered, and even sacrifaced while she sacked cities (plus the fact is she never really succeeded in driving the Romans out because her armies were conpletely crushed by the legion).
And Wu Zetian did really horric things to her own children and family just to hold onto power. She may have made China a wealthy empire but she was a cold calculating tyrant who wasn't afraid to abuse her authority.
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