Catuvellauni

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Celtic tribe Iron Age tribe ancient people

The Catuvellauni were a powerful Iron Age Celtic tribe in southeastern Britain whose resistance to Roman expansion made them a major force in pre-Roman British politics.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Atrebates 1
Catuvellauni tribe 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Celtic tribe ⓘ
Iron Age tribe ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence burials ⓘ
farmsteads ⓘ
hillforts ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Verulamium Roman town NERFINISHED ⓘ
attestedBy Roman historians ⓘ
numismatic evidence ⓘ
capital Verlamion NERFINISHED ⓘ
Verulamium NERFINISHED ⓘ
coinage inscribed coins of Cunobelinus ⓘ
inscribed coins of Tasciovanus ⓘ
culture La Tène culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
trade with Roman world ⓘ
ethnicGroup Celts NERFINISHED ⓘ
expandedOver territory of the Trinovantes ⓘ
knownFor major role in pre-Roman British politics ⓘ
resistance to Roman expansion ⓘ
language Brittonic NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Iron Age Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
pre-Roman Britain ⓘ
southeastern Britain ⓘ
mainSettlementNear modern St Albans ⓘ
mentionedIn Ptolemy's Geography NERFINISHED ⓘ
works of Cassius Dio ⓘ
works of Suetonius ⓘ
neighbouringTribe Atrebates NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dobunni NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iceni NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trinovantes NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposed Roman conquest of Britain ⓘ
partOf province of Britannia after Roman conquest ⓘ
politicalStructure tribal kingdom ⓘ
region Bedfordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Buckinghamshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chiltern Hills area NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hertfordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
north of the Thames ⓘ
parts of Essex ⓘ
religion Celtic polytheism NERFINISHED ⓘ
ruler Caratacus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cunobelinus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tasciovanus NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod 1st century AD ⓘ
1st century BC ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman conquest of Britain → opponent → Catuvellauni ⓘ
Belgae → subTribe → Catuvellauni ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atrebates
Conquest of Britain → hasParticipant → Catuvellauni ⓘ
this entity surface form: Catuvellauni tribe
Conquest of Britain → opponent → Catuvellauni ⓘ
Verulamium → associatedWith → Catuvellauni ⓘ
Iceni → neighbouringTribe → Catuvellauni ⓘ