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| Capital | Durovernum Cantiacorum (Canterbury) |
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The Cantiaci or Cantii were a Celtic or Belgic people living in Britain before the Roman conquest, and gave their name to a civitas of Roman Britain. Durovernum Cantiacorum was a Town in the Roman province of Britannia. Canterbury ( ˈkæntəbɹ̩i is a City in eastern Kent in the South East region of England. The counties of the United Kingdom are a type of subnational division of historical origin by the Middle Ages they had become established as a unit of KENT (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format Celts (ˈkɛlts or /ˈsɛlts/, see Names of the Celts The Belgae were a group of tribes living in northern Gaul in the 1st century BC and later also attested in Britain. This page refers to the conquest begun in AD 43 For other Roman invasions see Caesar's invasions of Britain and Carausian Revolt. In the history of the Roman empire, civitas (pl civitates mainly referred to the condition of Roman Citizenship It was also used to describe a type of settlement Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between AD 43 and 410 They lived in the area then called Cantium, now called Kent, in south-eastern England, and spoke a Brythonic language - most likely a dialect of British with influence from Gaulish. KENT (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format British was an ancient Celtic language spoken in much of southern and central Britain up to the central lowlands of Scotland and in Ireland. Gaulish or Gallic is the name given to the Celtic language that was spoken in Gaul before the Vulgar Latin of the late Roman Empire became Their capital was Durovernum Cantiacorum, now Canterbury. Durovernum Cantiacorum was a Town in the Roman province of Britannia. Canterbury ( ˈkæntəbɹ̩i is a City in eastern Kent in the South East region of England.
Julius Caesar landed in Cantium in 55 and 54 BC, the first Roman expeditions to Britain. Year 55 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Consuls Marcus Licinius Crassus and Year 54 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Consuls Appius Claudius Pulcher and Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC He recounts in his De Bello Gallico v. Commentarii de Bello Gallico is Julius Caesar 's third-person account of his nine years of war in Gaul. 14:
- "Ex his omnibus longe sunt humanissimi qui Cantium incolunt, quae regio est maritima omnis, neque multum a Gallica differunt consuetudine. "
- "Of all these (British tribes), by far the most civilised are they who dwell in Kent, which is entirely a maritime region, and who differ but little from the Gauls in their customs".
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Rulers
Pre-Roman Iron Age
Caesar mentions four kings, Segovax, Carvilius, Cingetorix and Taximagulus, who held power in Cantium at the time of his second expedition in 54 BC. Segovax (possibly from Celtic sego "victory" was one of the four kings of Kent during Caesar's second expedition to Britain in 54 BC Carvilius was one of the four kings of Kent during Caesar's second expedition to Britain in 54 BC, alongside Cingetorix, Segovax and See also Cingetorix, Cingetorix (Gaul Cingetorix ( Celtic, "marching king" or "king of warriors" was one of the four kings Taximagulus was one of the four kings of Kent during Caesar's second expedition to Britain in 54 BC, alongside Cingetorix, Carvilius Year 54 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Consuls Appius Claudius Pulcher and The British leader Cassivellaunus, besieged in his stronghold north of the Thames, sent a message to these four kings to attack the Roman naval camp as a distraction. Cassivellaunus was a historical British chieftain who led the defence against Julius Caesar 's second expedition to Britain in 54 BC. The attack failed, a chieftain called Lugotorix was captured, and Cassivellaunus was forced to seek terms. Lugotorix was a British chieftain who was captured after a failed attack by the four kings of Kent on Julius Caesar 's naval camp in 54 BC.
In the century between Caesar's expeditions and the conquest under Claudius, kings in Britain began to issue coins stamped with their names. Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus or Claudius I ( August 1, 10 BC &ndash October 13, AD 54 ( Tiberius Claudius Drusus from birth to The following kings of the Cantiaci are known:
- Dubnovellaunus. Dubnovellaunus or Dumnovellaunus was the name of at least one and possibly several kings of south-eastern Britain in the late 1st century BC /early May have been an ally or sub-king of Tasciovanus of the Catuvellauni, or a son of Addedomarus of the Trinovantes. Tasciovanus was a historical king of the Catuvellauni tribe before the Roman conquest of Britain. The Catuvellauni were a Celtic Belgic tribe or state of south-eastern Britain before the Roman conquest. Addedomarus (sometimes written Aθθedomarus on coins was a king of south-eastern Britain in the late 1st century BC. The Trinovantes or Trinobantes were one of the Celtic Tribes that lived in pre- Roman Britain. Presented himself as a supplicant to Augustus ca. Augustus ( Latin: IMPERATOR·CAESAR·DIVI·FILIVS·AVGVSTVS September 23 63 BC – August 19 AD 14) born Gaius Octavius Thurinus, was 7 BC. Year 7 BC was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar.
- Vosenius, ruled until ca. Vodenos or Vosenios was a king of the Cantiaci of south-eastern Britain, and is known only from coin legends 15 BC.
- Eppillus, originally king of the Atrebates. Eppillus ( Celtic: "little horse" was the name of a Roman client king of the Atrebates tribe of the British Iron Age. The Atrebates (singular Atrebas, meaning "settlers" were a Belgic tribe of Gaul and Britain before the Roman conquests Coins indicate he became king of the Cantiaci ca. 15 BC, at the same time as his brother Verica became king of the Atrebates. Verica (early 1st century AD was a British client king of the Roman Empire in the years preceding the Claudian invasion of 43
- Cunobelinus, king of the Catuvellauni who expanded his influence into Cantiaci territory. Cunobelinus (also written Kynobellinus, Κυνοβελλίνος in Greek sometimes abbreviated to Cunobelin) (late 1st century BC - 40s AD
- Adminius, son of Cunobelinus. Adminius, Amminius or Amminus was a son of Cunobelinus, ruler of the Catuvellauni, a tribe of Iron Age Britain. Seems to have ruled on his father's behalf, beginning ca. 30 AD. Year 30 was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Suetonius tells us he was exiled by Cunobelinus ca. 40 AD, leading to Caligula's aborted invasion of Britain. Year 40 was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (August 31 AD 12 &ndash January 24 AD 41 more commonly known by his nickname Caligula (kəˈlɪɡjʊlə was a Roman Emperor
Sub-Roman period
According to Nennius, Gwrangon was King of Kent in the time of Vortigern, until Vortigern took away the kingdom and gave it to Hengist; but Nennius is regarded as an untrustworthy source, and “Gwrangon seems to have been transported by the story-teller into Kent from Gwent” and “is turned into an imaginary King of Kent, secretly disposed of his realm in favour of Hengist, whose daughter Vortigern wished to marry” (Wade-Evans 1938). Nennius, or Nemnivus, is either of two shadowy personages traditionally associated with the history of Wales. Vortigern (ˈvɔrtɨɡɝːn also spelled Vortiger and Vortigen and in Welsh Gwrtheyrn was a 5th century warlord in Britain, a leading ruler among
References
- Julius Caesar, De Bello Gallico
- Suetonius, Lives of the Twelve Caesars
- John Creighton (2000), Coins and power in Late Iron Age Britain, Cambridge University Press
- Wade-Evans, A. Commentarii de Bello Gallico is Julius Caesar 's third-person account of his nine years of war in Gaul. W. (1938), Nennius’s History of the Britons
See also
External links
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