Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/54 - The Birth of Boadicea

Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $54$

The Birth of Boadicea

Boadicea died $129$ years after Cleopatra was born.

Their united ages (that is, the combined years of their complete lives) were $100$ years.

Cleopatra died $\text {30}$ $\text {BCE}$.

When was Boadicea born?

Historical Note

Dudeney attributes this puzzle to a correspondent he identifies as R.D., but no record remains of who this may have been.

Sources

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Age and Kinship Puzzles: $54$. -- The Birth of Boadicea
• 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Age Puzzles: $44$. The Birth of Boadicea