Carvetii

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Approximate extent of the Carvetii

The Carvetii were a Celtic tribe and civitas of Roman Britain in what are now Cumbria and northern Lancashire in north-west England . They are not mentioned in Ptolemy's Geographia or in any other classical text, but are only known from inscriptions in Penrith and Temple Sowerby in Cumbria. Its capital is believed to have been Luguvalium , now Carlisle . The presumption is based on the fact that Luguvalium is the only known city in the area that had a city ​​wall .

They could have been part of the Confederation of neighboring brigands .

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