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CASSIVELAUNUS, or CASSIVELAAUNUS

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 462 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CASSIVELAUNUS, or CASSIVELAAUNUS , a See also:British chieftain, ruler df the See also:country See also:north of the See also:Thames, who led the native tribes against See also:Julius See also:Caesar on his second expedition (54 B.c.) (see See also:BRITAIN). After several indecisive engagements, Caesar took the See also:camp of Cassivelaunus, who was obliged to make See also:peace on See also:condition of paying See also:tribute and giving hostages. But these promises were not meant to be kept, and it appears certain that the tribute was never paid. According to See also:Bede (Hist. See also:Eccles. i. 2), the remains of Cassivelaunus's entrenchment were visible seven or eight centuries later. See Caesar, B.G. v. 11-22; Dio See also:Cassius xl. 2, 3; See also:Orosius vi. 9. 6; See also:Eutropius vi. 17; See also:Polyaenus, Strategemata, viii.

23. For the See also:

etymology of the name (which is See also:Celtic in origin, and appears later as Caswallon) see J. Rhys, Celtic Britain, pp. 289-290 (1904); C. I. See also:Elton, Origins of See also:English See also:History (189o) ; and Stock's edition of Caesar, De See also:Bello Gallico (1898).

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