IMANUENTIUS

'Imanuentius' appears in some manuscripts of Julius Caesar's ''De Bello Gallico'' as the name of a king of the Trinovantes, the leading nation of south-eastern Britain at that time, who ruled before Caesar's second expedition to the island in 54 BC. Variant spellings include 'Inianuvetitius', 'Inianuvetutus' and 'Imannuetitius'. In other manuscripts this king's name is not given.
Imanuentius was killed by the warlord Cassivellaunus, and his son Mandubracius fled to the protection of Caesar in Gaul. Cassivellaunus then led the British defence against the Romans, but the Trinovantes betrayed the location of his fortress to Caesar, who proceeded to besiege him there. As part of the terms of Cassivellaunus's surrender, Mandubracius was installed as king of the Trinovantes, and Cassivellaunus undertook not to make war against him.
John Koch suggests that the original form of Imanuentius's name may have been
★ ''Mannue:tios''. He also suggests that the Welsh mythological figure Manawydan may derive from an earlier
★ ''Mannue:tiagnos'', "son of Mannuetios".

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★ Julius Caesar, ''De Bello Gallico''

★ John Koch (1987), "A Window into the Welsh Iron Age: Manawydian, Mandubracios", ''Cambridge Medieval Celtic Studies'' 14 pp 17-52

External links

★ Trinovantes at Roman-Britain.org

★ Trinovantes at Romans in Britain