As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. This means if you click on a link and make a purchase, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you.

Home / People / Veleda

Historical person

Veleda

Veleda was a Germanic seeress associated with the Batavian revolt against Rome in the first century AD. Roman sources present her as a prophetic and political figure whose authority helped inspire resistance on the Rhine frontier.

In Lindsey Davis’s The Iron Hand of Mars, his mission becomes tied to Veleda, the historical Bructerian seer whose influence had supported the revolt. In Lindsey Davis’s Saturnalia, during Saturnalia, the captured Germanic seer Veleda escapes from guarded accommodation in Rome, leaving a dead man behind.

Historical context

Historical periods linked to Veleda

Batavian Revolt 69–70 CE

Series

Series featuring Veleda (1 series)

Marcus Didius Falco in Order

by Lindsey Davis 20 books 4.0

The twenty Marcus Didius Falco novels follow a Roman informer from AD 70 to 77 during the reign of Vespasian. Falco begins as a poor veteran taking private commissions but becomes an occasional imperial agent, travelling from Rome to Britain, Germania, Syria, Hispania, North Africa, Greece and Egypt.…

All books in this series