Caratacus
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Caratacus was a 1st-century AD British chieftain of the Catuvellauni tribe, who resisted the Roman conquest of Britain.
Caractacus before the Emperor Claudius at Rome, 18th-century print, artist unknown (British Museum)
Silver coin attributed to Caratacus, inscribed CARA, with a helmeted head on the obverse and an eagle on the reverse
Caradog watercolour painting by Thomas Prydderch
Andrew Birrell (after Henry Fuseli), Caractacus at the Tribunal of Claudius at Rome (1792)
Cunobeline
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Cunobeline or Cunobelin, also known by his name's Latin form Cunobelinus, was a king in pre-Roman Britain from about AD 9 to about AD 40. He is mentioned in passing by the classical historians Suetoni
Caratacus
…Breton Karadeg, and Irish Carthach, meaning "loving, beloved, dear; friend". Caratacus is named by Dio Cassius as a son of the Catuvellaunian king Cunobelinus (Cunobelin). Based on coin distribution Caratacus appears to have been the protégé of his uncle Epaticcus, who expanded Catuvellaunian power westwards…
Coin of Cunobeline
Bronze coins of Cunobelin 1–42 AD. "CAMU" refers to Camulodunon, where the coin was minted. Museum of London.
Souchon 1872Imogen Cymbeline