Togodumnus
Togodumnus († 43 AD) was a king of the British Catuvellaun tribe during the time of Roman rule in Great Britain . He is possibly identical to the legendary King Guiderius .
Togodumnus was narrated in the Roman history of Cassius Dio , after whom he was a son of King Cunobelinus . He had two brothers, Adminius and Caratacus .
According to Cassius Dio's lore, Togodumnus led the original resistance to the Roman invasion and was killed during the Battle of the Thames . The Roman general Aulus Plautius is said to have buried him on the Thames in order to then continue his advance on the capital of the Catuvellaunians - Camulodunum ( Colchester ). The British tribes stubbornly continued to oppose the Romans, now under the leadership of Caratacus.
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| SURNAME | Togodumnus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Guiderius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | King of the Catuvellaunen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 43 |
| Place of death | on the Thames |