Dwelling alone in a lofty tower, shrouded in a wild forest, she was revered as an oracle.

Her answers to the demands of her worshippers concerning future events were delivered only to a chosen few.

To Civilis, who had formed a close friendship with her, she promised success, and the downfall of the Roman world.

Inspired by her prophecies, many tribes of Germany sent large subsidies to the Batavian chief.
The details of the revolt have been carefully preserved by Tacitus, and form one of his grandest and most elaborate pictures.

The spectacle of a brave nation, inspired by the soul of one great man and rising against an overwhelming despotism, will always speak to the heart, from generation to generation.