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rebellion
1. A conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another group or government.
2. A refusal to accept some authority or code or convention.
3. An organized attempt to overthrow a government, or other authority, by the use of violence.
4. Opposition to, or defiance of an authority, accepted moral codes, or social conventions.
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(Cornelius Tacitus, approximately A.D. 55 to A.D. 117, a Roman historian who wrote about the Rebellion of Boudicca, A.D. 60-61)
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English and its Historical Development, Warrior Queen Boudicca Rebellion Described by Tacitus
Tacitus describes rebellion of Boudicca, A.D. 60-61.