Cantii
As Cantii (also Cantiaci or Cantae ), historical research describes a British tribe in what is now Kent and the South Downs . Their main town was Durovernum Cantiacorum (today's Canterbury ).
In 54 BC The four kings Cingetorix , Segovax , Carvilius and Taximagulus attacked the camp of the Roman general Gaius Iulius Caesar during his second campaign in Britain , but were defeated. The cantii were founded in 46 BC. Subjugated by the Romans .
The Cantii took part in the Celtic uprisings in Britain under Boudicca . After the uprising, they were gradually Romanized and their language was used less and less. When the Romans surrendered the province of Britannia and left the island in 410 AD , the Cantii became, to them completely surprising, independent.
After several internal disputes, the Cantii were able to come to an agreement. The Frisians tried several times to conquer the area without success. It was not until 699 AD that they succeeded, with the help of the Saxons , in subjugating the British Cantii. They were Germanized within 200 years.
literature
- Emil Huebner : Cantii . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 2, Stuttgart 1899, Col. 1498.
Remarks
- ^ Caesar, De bello Gallico 5, 22.