CHAPTER VIII

THE RESULTS OF CAESAR’S INVASIONS OF BRITAIN

The importance of Caesar’s British expeditions underestimated by his contemporaries and by historians 355

Development of British commerce 357

The British inscribed coinage and its historical value 358

The dynasties of Cassivellaunus and Commius 361

Tasciovanus 361

Epaticcus and Cunobeline 361

Cunobeline’s coins prove growth of Roman influence in Britain 362

His conquests 362

Flight of Dubnovellaunus and Tincommius (?), the son of Commius, to Rome 363

The later adventures of Commius 364

His conquests in Britain 365

Tincommius, Verica, and Eppillus 365

Augustus contemplates an invasion of Britain 367

Why he abandoned his intention 367

Continued growth of Roman influence in Britain 368

Cessation of British coinage in certain districts which had belonged to the sons of Commius 368

Relations of Cunobeline with Rome 369

His exiled son, Adminius, takes refuge with Caligula 369

Death of Cunobeline 370

Unpopularity of his dynasty intensified on the accession of his sons, Caratacus and Togodumnus 370

Invasion of Britain by Aulus Plautius 371

Review of British history from 54 B.C. to A.D. 43 371

The Roman conquest and its results 372

Permanence in English history of prehistoric and Celtic elements 372