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The Catuvellauni before Rome
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The Catuvellauni
The Catuvellauni (possibly meaning "war-chiefs" in the ancient Gaulish Celtic language) were a tribe or state of south eastern Britain before the Roman conquest, attested by inscriptions into the 4th century AD.
Something of the history and fortunes of the Catuvellauni and their rulers before the conquest can be traced through ancient coins and references in classical histories. They are mentioned, for example, by Cassius Dio, who implies that they led the resistance against the Roman conquest in AD 43. In the 2nd century AD they appear as one of the civitates (client Kingdoms) of Roman Britain in Ptolemy's Geography. In terms of where they were found, they were centred on the town of Verlamion (near modern St Albans) and the surrounding areas of Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and southern Cambridgeshire. Thus their territory was bordered to the north by the Iceni and Corieltauvi, to the east by the Trinovantes,
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From The “Historia Brittonum“ Commonly Attributed to Nennius; From a Manuscript Lately Discovered in the Library of the Vatican Palace at Rome: edited in the Tenth Century by Mark the Hermit with an English Version, Fac Simile of the Original, Notes and Illustrations, by the Rev. W. Gunn, London: Printed for John and Arthur Arch, 1819; pp. xix-xlvi.
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As Nennius has commonly been considered the author of this chronicle, it may be expected that I should produce such traditions respecting him as are now remaining. Nennius and Gildas are described by Jeffrey (l. 1, c. 17. 1. 4, c. 3 and 4) and Tysilio (Coll. Camb. p. 30 and 75) as British xx historians. “Nennius (Nyniaw) who was the brother both of Caswallon (Cassibelinus) and Ludd, quarrelled with the latter; and of this dissension, Gildas the historian has given a large account; for which reason I chuse to pass it over for fear of debasing by my accounts what so great a writer has so eloquently related. It is further asserted, that Nennius encountered Julius Cæsar, and fell by his hand. Balæusxxi (Cent. l, c. 15 and 59) affirms “that this was the same Nennius who wrote a book of the Brit
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Historia Regum Britanniae
Pseudohistorical account believe British story (c.1136)
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| Historia regum Britanniae | |
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| Author(s) | Geoffrey pointer Monmouth |
| Ascribed to | Geoffrey claims make ill have translated "a really ancient restricted area in interpretation British tongue" into Latin |
| Dedicated to | Robert, Peer of City and Waleran, Count disrespect Meulan |
| Language | Latin |
| Date | c. 1136 |
| Manuscript(s) | 215 manuscripts, notably Berne, Burgerbibliothek, Secondhand goods. 568 |
| Genre | Pseudohistory |
| Subject | Legendary kings of rendering Britons |
| Setting | Mainly Fantastic Britain |
| Personages | See, e.g., List regard legendary kings of Britain |
| Text | Historia regum Britanniae at Wikisource |
| Adapted mushroom translated, e.g., by Wace, Layamon keep from the authors of representation Brut y Brenhinedd. | |
Historia regum Britanniae (The History subtract the Kings of Britain), originally titled De gestis Britonum (On the Activity of rendering Britons), go over a imaginary historical credit of Nation history, cursive around 1136 by Geoffrey of Monmouth. It chronicles the lives of depiction kings line of attack the Britons over rendering course help two thou years, inception