Cantiaci
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The Cantiaci or Cantii were an Iron Age Celtic people living in Britain before the Roman conquest, and gave their name to a civitas of Roman Britain. They lived in the area now called Kent, in south-eastern England. Their capital was Durovernum Cantiacorum, now Canterbury.
Key facts
- Celts of England.Name
- Cantiaci
- Celts of England.fullname
- Cantiaci
- Celts of England.map
- 220px|Territory of the Cantiaci
- Celts of England.name
- Cantiaci
- Celts of England.capital
- Durovernum Cantiacorum (Canterbury)
- Celts of England.location
- KentEast Sussex
- Celts of England.rulers
- Dubnovellaunus, Vosenius, Eppillus, Cunobelinus, Adminius
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- Pre-Roman Iron Age
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The Cantiaci or Cantii were an Iron Age Celtic people living in Britain before the Roman conquest, and gave their name to a civitas of Roman Britain. They lived in the area now called Kent, in south-eastern England. Their capital was Durovernum Cantiacorum, now Canterbury.
They were bordered by the Regni to the west, and the Catuvellauni to the north.
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