Commius
Commius Commius (Commios, Comius) was a historical king of ... his Commentarii de Bello Gallico, he appointed Commius as king of the tribe. Before Caesar ... first expedition to Britain in 55 BC, Commius was sent as Caesar's envoy to ... Britons failed to prevent Caesar from landing, Commius was handed over as part of ...
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Commius   (translated from French)
Commius Commius us is initially known by César , in ... When Vercingétorix rebels against Rome , in 52, Commius follows it in the defeat. It flees ... as tells it Frontin (Strategemata). Around 30, Commius seems to have been established as king ... Calleva), and Eppillus in the south (Noviomagus). Commius thus lived at the time of ...
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Atrebates
... Atrebates, Caesar appointed one of their countrymen, Commius, as their king. Commius was involved in Caesar's two expeditions ... s defeat at the Siege of Alesia, Commius had further confrontations with the Romans, negotiated ... town of theirs. The Atrebates in Britain Commius soon established himself as king of the ... intrusive Belgic element, given initial coherence by Commius". It is possible that the name " ...
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Talk:Atrebates
... was stuck with no cavalry in Britain Commius was able to provide some horsemen from ... his people. We know from Frontinus that Commius fled to Britain with followers, and we know from numismatics that someone called Commius ruled the Atrebates in Britain in the ... to me undeniable from the evidence that Commius had kin in Britain in 55BC, whom ... join when they left Gaul, and that Commius established himself as their king in ...
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Roman client kingdoms in Britain
... Continent, Julius Caesar had employed their king Commius in his unsuccessful invasion of England in 55 BCE. Caesar left Commius as a client (i.e., nominally independent ... giving him additionally rule over the Morini. Commius maintained his loyalty through the events of ... may have been a second king named Commius. Commius was succeeded by three of his ...
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Gaius Volusenus
... When the legate Titus Labienus discovered that Commius, the formerly loyal king of the Atrebates ... centurions to execute him for his treachery. Commius escaped, but sustained a wound to the ... year was ordered by Antony to pursue Commius, who was conducting a campaign of agitation ... him in several skirmishes, and finally destroyed Commius's forces in a single engagement, although ... of a spear-wound to the thigh. Commius himself escaped and later sued for ...
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Roman conquest of Britain
... them favourably and sent them back with Commius of the Atrebates, whom he thought would ... camp and received ambassadors. Caesar demanded hostages; Commius, who had been seized on arrival, was ... camp, but were once again driven off. Commius had been able to provide some horsemen ... this attack failed he surrendered, mediated by Commius. Tribute and hostages were agreed, Mandubracius was ... descendants of Julius Caesar's former ally Commius. Verica, the king of the Atrebates ...
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Talk:Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus
... one in the centre-south, ruled by Commius and his descendants and identified by the ... conquest. He styled himself a son of Commius, and Commius was active in 57 BC, so Verica ...
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De Bello Gallico   (translated from German)
... narration of a notice on that Atrebaten Commius 30-31 that Legatus Gaius Caninius pursues ... unterwirtf itself; the winter camps 47-48 Commius arises that Quaestor Marcus Antonius 49-55 ...
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History Great Britain/Roman time   (translated from German)
... and sent it back with that Atrebaten Commius, to which he thought capable of a ... of hostages, and met also again on Commius, which had been determined with its arrival ...
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