Veleda

Statue of Veleda by Laurent Marqueste (c. 1877)
"Veleda, prophetess of the Germans," by Juan Scherr (1882)

Veleda (fl. AD 69–84) was seeress of the Bructeri, a Germanic people who achieved some prominence during the Batavian rebellion of AD 69–70, headed by the Romanized Batavian chieftain Gaius Julius Civilis, when she correctly predicted the initial successes of the rebels against Roman legions.


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