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* Caratacus is a major character in Douglas Jackson's novel Claudius, pub.
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Caratacus seeks sanctuary with Cartimandua, queen of the Brigantes in northern England, but she is a Roman ally and hands him over to Ostorius.
* The captured Caratacus is exhibited in chains in Claudius ' triumph in Rome, but his dignified demeanour persuades the emperor to spare his life and allow his family to live free in the capital for short period of time.
Before the Roman invasion Caratacus is associated with the expansion of his tribe's territory.
Caratacus is named by Dio Cassius as a son of the Catuvellaunian king Cunobelinus.
He appears in the Mabinogion as a son of Bran the Blessed, who is left in charge of Britain while his father makes war in Ireland, but is overthrown by Caswallawn ( the historical Cassivellaunus, who lived a century earlier than Caratacus ).
Some go further, claiming that Claudia was Caratacus ' daughter, and that the historical Pope Linus, who is described as the " brother of Claudia " in an early church document, was Caratacus ' son.
Pudens is identified with St. Pudens, and it is claimed that the basilica of Santa Pudenziana in Rome, and with which St. Pudens is associated, was once called the Palatium Britannicum and was the home of Caratacus and his family.
* Caratacus (' Caratach ') is anachronistically depicted as Boudica's general in John Fletcher's play Bonduca ( 1613 ).
* Caratacus is the subject of William Mason's 1759 lyric poem of the same name and the 1776 play based on it.
* The defeat of Caradoc ( Caratacus ) by the Romans is the subject of Henry Treece's 1952 adult novel, The Dark Island, the second book in his Celtic Tetralogy.
* Caratacus ' capture and life as a captive in Rome is told from the point of view of his fictional daughter, Eigon, in Barbara Erskine's time-slip novel, The Warrior's Princess, pub.
* Caradoc ( Caratacus ) is a major character in author Pauline Gedge's 1978 novel, The Eagle and The Raven.
* The story of Caratacus is dramatized in the " Onslaught " episode of The Roman Invasion of Britain ( 2010 ) by the Smithsonian Channel
Curiously, the name Cerdic is thought to be British – a form of the name Ceretic or Caradog ( in Latin Caratacus ) – rather than Germanic in origin.
Their resistance was led by Caratacus, who had fled from the south-east ( of what is now England ) when it was conquered by the Romans.
There is evidence of cultural continuity throughout the Roman period, from the Silures to the kingdom of Gwent in particular, as shown by leaders of Gwent using the name " Caradoc " in remembrance of the British hero Caratacus
It is possible that the " Caratacus Stone " on Withypool Common near Dulverton, inscribed Carataci nepus --- (" relative of Caradoc "), records one of his co-lateral descendants.
One of these hill forts is probably that referred to by the historian Tacitus as the last refuge of the resistance led by Caratacus in 50 AD.
This is the equivalent of " Caratacus, son of Cunobelinus, son of Tasciovanus ", putting the three historical figures in the correct order, although the wrong historical context, the degree of linguistic change suggesting a long period of oral transmission.
It is thought probable that the larger of the forts that make up this monument, situated approximately away on the Trwyn y Witch ( Witches Point ) headland, was at one time occupied by Caratacus ( who led the Silures in resistance to the Roman occupation ).
Caratacus and character
The legendary Welsh character Caradog ap Bran and the legendary British king Arvirargus may be based upon Caratacus.
Caratacus and Claudius
The Celtic King Caratacus assumed that she, along with Claudius, was the martial leader and bowed before her throne with the same homage and gratitude as he accorded the emperor.
35, the Atrebates, under Verica, regained some of their territory, but it appears Caratacus completed the conquest, as Dio tells us Verica was ousted, fled to Rome and appealed to the emperor Claudius for help.
Caratacus completed the conquest of the Atrebates, and their king, Verica, fled to Rome, providing the new emperor, Claudius, with a pretext for the conquest of Britain.
Caratacus and .
They landed in Kent, and defeated two armies led by the kings of the Catuvellauni tribe, Caratacus and Togodumnus, in battles at the Medway and the Thames.
Togodumnus was killed, and Caratacus fled to Wales.
One of the Catuvellaunian leaders, Togodumnus, was killed, but his brother Caratacus survived to continue resistance elsewhere.
The Silures were led by Caratacus, and he carried out an effective guerilla campaign against Governor Publius Ostorius Scapula.
Finally, in 51, Ostorius lured Caratacus into a set-piece battle and defeated him.
However, the Silures were still not pacified, and Cartimandua's ex-husband Venutius replaced Caratacus as the most prominent leader of British resistance.
Aulus Plautius lands with four legions ( 20, 000 men ) and the same number of auxiliaries at Rutupiae ( modern Richborough, on the east coast of Kent ) and defeats the Britons, led by Caratacus and Togodumnus, in battles on the rivers Medway and Thames.
* In Britain, governor Publius Ostorius Scapula begins his campaign against the recalcitrant Silures of south Wales, who are led by the former Catuvellaunian prince Caratacus.
* In Britain, governor Publius Ostorius Scapula defeats Caratacus and the Silures in the territory of the Ordovices in central Wales.
Caratacus ( Brythonic * Caratācos, Greek Καράτακος ; variants Latin Caractacus, Greek Καρτάκης ) was a first century British chieftain of the Catuvellauni tribe, who led the British resistance to the Roman conquest.
Based on coin distribution Caratacus appears to have been the protégé of his uncle Epaticcus, who expanded Catuvellaunian power westwards into the territory of the Atrebates.
Caratacus and his brother Togodumnus led the initial defence of the country against Aulus Plautius's four legions, thought to have been around 40, 000 men, primarily using guerrilla tactics.
We next hear of Caratacus in Tacitus's Annals, leading the Silures and Ordovices of Wales against Plautius ' successor as governor, Publius Ostorius Scapula.
Finally, in 51, Scapula managed to defeat Caratacus in a set-piece battle somewhere in Ordovician territory ( see the Battle of Caer Caradoc ), capturing Caratacus ' wife and daughter and receiving the surrender of his brothers.
Caratacus himself escaped, and fled north to the lands of the Brigantes ( modern Yorkshire ) where the Brigantian queen, Cartimandua, handed him over to the Romans in chains.
With the capture of Caratacus, much of southern Britain from the Humber to the Severn was pacified and garrisoned throughout the 50s.
After his capture, Caratacus was sent to Rome as a war prize, presumably to be killed after a triumphal parade.
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