Lugotorix was a
British
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* British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.
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chieftain who was captured after a failed attack by the four kings of
Kent
Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...
on
Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in Caesar's civil wa ...
's naval camp in 54 BC. His name may mean "mouse-king".
References
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Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in Caesar's civil wa ...
, ''
De Bello Gallico'
5:22*John Koch (1987), "A Window into the Welsh Iron Age: Manawydian, Mandubracios", ''Cambridge Medieval Celtic Studies'' 14 pp 17–52
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Roman-Britain.org
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Romans in Britain
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Briton monarchs
Briton kings involved in Julius Caesar's invasions of Britain
Celtic warriors
1st-century BC monarchs in Europe