Caratacus

Also known as Caractacus, Caradog

Caratacus was a 1st-century AD British chieftain of the Catuvellauni tribe, who resisted the Roman conquest of Britain.

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“Si quanta nobilitas et fortuna mihi fuit, tanta rerum prosperarum moderatio fuisset, amicus potius in hanc urbem quam captus venissem, neque dedignatus esses claris maioribus ortum, plurimis gentibus imperitantem foedere in pacem accipere.”
“Habui equos viros, arma opes: quid mirum si haec invitus amisi? Nam si vos omnibus imperitare vultis, sequitur ut omnes servitutem accipiant?”
“Ειτα ταυτα και τα τοιαυτα κεκτημένοι των σκηνιδίων ημων επιθυμειτε.”

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Key facts

Royalty.name: Caratacus
Royalty.title: King of the BritonsKing of the Catuvellauni
Royalty.image: CaractacusClaudius.jpg
Royalty.caption: Caractacus before the Emperor Claudius at Rome, 18th-century print, artist unknown (British Museum)
Royalty.succession: King of the Catuvellauni
Royalty.reign: 1st century AD, to
Royalty.predecessor: Epaticcus
Royalty.successor: None (Catuvellauni territory conquered by Claudius)
Royalty.succession1: King of the Britons
Royalty.reign1: 43–50
Royalty.predecessor1: Cunobelinus
Royalty.successor1: Cogidubnus
Royalty.native_lang1: Brythonic
Royalty.native_lang1_name1: Caratācos
Royalty.native_lang2: Greek
Royalty.native_lang2_name1: Καράτακος / Καρτάκης
Royalty.father: Cunobelinus
Royalty.mother: Unknown

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Wikidata facts

Image: Caractacus, objectnr A 58448.jpg

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Commons category: Caratacus
date of death: 0054-01-01
date of birth: 0015-00-00
name in native language: Caradog
P12749: Ludwig Lachmann

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Name
History
Claudian invasion
Resistance to Rome
Captive in Rome
Legend
Medieval Welsh traditions
Modern traditions
In modern culture
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Caratacus was a 1st-century AD British chieftain of the Catuvellauni tribe, who resisted the Roman conquest of Britain.

Before the Roman invasion, Caratacus is associated with the expansion of his tribe's territory. His apparent success led to Roman invasion, nominally in support of his defeated enemies. He resisted the Romans for almost a decade, using guerrilla warfare, but when he offered a set-piece battle he was defeated by Roman forces. After defeat he fled to the territory of Queen Cartimandua, who captured him and handed him over to the Romans. He was sentenced to death but made a speech before his execution that persuaded the Emperor Claudius to spare him. Caratacus' speech to Claudius has been a popular subject in visual art.