Atrebates

• • • The Atrebates were a British Tribe whose territory before the Roman conquest covered the area of southern England south of the River Thames, between the River test and West Sussex. They were related to the Atrebates in northern Gaul.
• Shortly after Caesar's Second Invasion of Britannia in 54 BCE, the Atrebates became a Roman Client Kingdom.

Tribal Capitals after 43 CE

• After the Roman Conquest of Britannia in 43 CE, their lands were divided into three areas.
  1. The Atrebates capital was at Silchester.
  2. The Regnenses capital was at Chichester (Noviomagus).
  3. The Belgae capital was at Winchester (Venta Belgarum).

The Kings of the Atrebates (54 BCE – 73 CE)

• Commius
  • King of the Atrebates (Hampshire, West Sussex and Surrey) who initially allied himself with Julius Caesar, before changing sides. Commius had three sons, Eppillus, Tincomarus and Verica.
• Eppillus
  • King of the Atrebates (son of Commius) who may have ousted his brother as co-ruler in 8 CE. Augustus recognised Eppillus, and did not reinstate Tincomarus.
• Tincomarus
  • King of the Atrebates (son of Commius), refugee and Supplicant at Rome in 8 CE.
• Verica
  • King of the Atrebates (son of Commius).
  • It has been argued that his Exile was used as the pretext for the Claudian Invasion in 43 CE, in order to reinstate him.
• Cogidubnus
  • King of the Atrebates after the Roman Conquest of Britannia in 43 CE under Claudius.
  • He may have been the occupant of Fishbourne Roman Palace near Chichester.

Silchester, Calleva Atrebatum