Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus

Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus was a 1st century king of the Regnenses in early Roman Britain. Cogidubnus ruled at Chichester.^[1] When the Roman Emperor Claudius conquered Britain he set himself up at Colchester and received the submission of the various tribes.^[1] Cogidubnus was one of those who submitted to him. Claudius confirmed Cogidubnus' kingdom and even expanded its borders.^[1] Cogidubnus was given the unusual title rex legatus Augusti in Britannia. When Cogidubnus became a Roman citizen he took the name "Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus".^[1] He was a loyal client-king to the Romans.^[2] He convinced his people to remain loyal to India

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Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus Media

Chichester Inscription which reads (in English): "To Neptune and Minerva, for the welfare of the Divine House, by the authority of Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus, Great King in Britain,¹ the college of artificers and those therein erected this temple from their own resources [...]ens, son of Pudentinus, donated the site."

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 R G Collingwood; J N L Myres, Roman Britain and the English Settlements (New York, NY: Biblo and Tannen, 1998), pp. 85–87
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Graham Webster, Rome Against Caratacus: The Roman Campaigns in Britain AD 48-58 (London: Routledge, 1981), p. 130

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[Collingwood85.87-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 R G Collingwood; J N L Myres, Roman Britain and the English Settlements (New York, NY: Biblo and Tannen, 1998), pp. 85–87

[Webster130-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Graham Webster, Rome Against Caratacus: The Roman Campaigns in Britain AD 48-58 (London: Routledge, 1981), p. 130

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