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139:). Dio says that this was because the resistance became fiercer as the Britons tried to avenge Togodumnus, and Plautius needed the emperor's help to complete the conquest; however, as Claudius was no military man and in the end spent only sixteen days in Britain, it is likely the Britons were already as good as beaten. Leadership passed to Caratacus, who took the fight outside Roman-controlled territory and remained at large until 51. 174:, "lost", in one of his hypothetical sources, that in fact Togodumnus was defeated rather than killed, and that the Britons wanted to avenge his defeat rather than his death. He goes on to propose that Togodumnus, having submitted to the Romans, was appointed by them as a friendly king over the territories of the 38:. He is usually thought to have led the fight against the Romans alongside his brother, but to have been killed early in the campaign. However, some authorities now argue that he sided with the Romans and is one and the same person as the client-king 62:. He probably succeeded his father to the kingship of the Catuvellauni, who were the dominant kingdom in the south-east of Britain at this time. Their territory took in the lands of several other nations, including their neighbours the 166:, to suggest that they may be one and the same. John Hind argues that Dio was mistaken to write that Togodumnus died after the battle on the Thames: that the Greek word 150:
mentions a king who ruled several territories as a loyal ally of Rome into the later part of the first century, called Cogidumnus in most manuscripts but
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According to Dio's account, Togodumnus led the initial resistance to the invasion alongside Caratacus, but was killed after the battle on the
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J. G. F. Hind, "A. Palutius' Campaign in Britain: An Alternative Reading of the Narrative in Cassius Dio (60.19.5-21.2)",
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then dug in at the Thames and sent word for Claudius to join him for the final march on the Catuvellaunian capital,
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Based on coin distribution it appears that Caratacus, following in the footsteps of his uncle
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Charles E Murgia (1977) "The Minor works of Tacitus : a study in textual criticism",
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J. E. Bogaers (1979) "King Cogidubnus in Chichester: another reading of RIB 91",
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in one. A damaged inscription, naming him "..gidubnus", places him in
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Index

Catuvellauni
St. Albans
Roman conquest
Guiderius
Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus
Cassius Dio
Cunobelinus
Trinovantes
Dobunni
Adminius
Caratacus
Cantiaci
Kent
Roman emperor
Caligula
Epaticcus
Atrebates
Verica
Claudius
Thames
Aulus Plautius
Camulodunum
Colchester
Tacitus
Togidumnus
Chichester
Barry Cunliffe
Oxford University
Regini
Atrebates

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