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A British tribe and civitas. The Dobunni were centred on Gloucestershire. According to the Greek historian Dio Cassius, early in the Claudian invasion in AD 43, some of the Dobunni deserted the British cause and came to terms with the Roman invaders. Subsequently, around AD 70, the tribe was granted civitas status and Cirencester (Corinium) became its capital.
The Dobunni were one of the Celtic tribes living in the British Islands prior to the Roman invasion of Britain. The tribe lived in part of West and South West England, including the former Avon, north Somerset and Gloucestershire. Their capital acquired the Roman name of Corinium Dobunnorum, known today as Cirencester.
The Dobunni were a large group of farmers and craftsmen, living in small villages concentrated in fertile valleys. They were one of the few tribes known to issue coins before Roman arrival. Unlike the Silures, their neighbours, they were not a warlike people and submitted to the Romans even before they reached their lands. Afterwards they adopted the Roman lifestyle.
Numismatic evidence suggests that the Dobunni kings subdivided their land between a north and south zone, sometimes becoming unified in a single ruler.
See also: List of Celtic tribes
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