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Cassivelaunus
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Cassivelaunus [ˌkæsɪvəˈlɔːnəs]
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(Biographies / Cassivelaunus (death date: 54 bc) M, British, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) 1st century bc, British chieftain, king of the Catuvellauni tribe, who organized resistance to Caesar's invasion of Britain (54 bc)


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However, in this and the next year, in which Caesar carries out a full scale invasion to unseat the tyrant, Cassivellaunus, Marcus plays a role wholly unsuspected by historians (while still remaining credibly within Caesar's version of the story).
 
 
 
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