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No written language of the pre-Roman inhabitants of Britain is known; therefore, the history, culture and way of life of pre-Roman Britain are known mainly through archaeological finds. Archaeological evidence demonstrates that ancient Britons were involved in extensive maritime trade and cultural links with the rest of Europe from the ...
The Trinovantes reappeared in history when they participated in Boudica's revolt against the Roman Empire in 60 AD. Their name was given to one of the civitates of Roman Britain , whose chief town was Caesaromagus (modern Chelmsford , Essex).
View history; Tools. Tools. move to ... Print/export Download as PDF ... move to sidebar hide. Pre-Roman Britain may refer to: British Iron Age, the period ...
Commius, chieftain of the Atrebates, captured by the British after serving as an envoy to Rome. [19] 26 August – Julius Caesar lands between Deal and Walmer, wins skirmishes against the British, and frees Commius. [19] 31 August – Britons in war-chariots defeat the Romans. Romans return to Gaul. [19] 54 BC
The name Durovernum Cantiacorum is Latin for "Durovernum of the Cantiaci", preserving the name of an earlier British town whose ancient British name has been reconstructed as *Durou̯ernon ("Stronghold by the Alder Grove"), [1] although the name is sometimes supposed to have derived from various British names for the Stour. [2]
Cunobeline or Cunobelin (Common Brittonic: *Cunobelinos, "Dog-Strong"), also known by his name's Latin form Cunobelinus, was a king in pre-Roman Britain from about AD 9 to about AD 40. [1] He is mentioned in passing by the classical historians Suetonius and Dio Cassius , and many coins bearing his inscription have been found.
The name Brigantes (Βρίγαντες in Ancient Greek) shares the same Proto-Celtic root as the goddess Brigantia, *brigantī, brigant-meaning 'high, elevated', and it is unclear whether settlements called Brigantium were so named as 'high ones' in a metaphorical sense of nobility, or literally as 'highlanders', or inhabitants of physically elevated fortifications.
The site of the Roman city of Viroconium Cornoviorum is known in Old Welsh as Caer Guricon. As Caer Guricon it may have served as capital of the Kingdom of Powys during the sub-Roman period until Anglo-Saxon pressures in the form of Mercian encroachment forced the British to relocate to Mathrafal castle sometime before 717