Cunobelin

• Cunobelin was the son of Tasciovanus, who was King of the Catuvellauni in Britannia.
• Between c. 9-40 CE, Cunobelin became King of the Catuvellauni and the Trinovantes. Suetonius called him ‘King of the Britons’.

Description

• He was probably educated in Rome under Augustus, and probably became a Roman Client King.
• He minted coins in the Catuvellauni Capital of St. Albans (Verulamium) and in Trinovantes Capital,  Colchester (Camulodunum).

William Shakespeare

• Cunobelin is Cymbeline in William Shakespeares’ Play, ‘Cymbeline’, a Romance based in Britain set in the early 1st century CE just before the Roman Invasion.

St.Albans Roman Wall