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CARACTACUS , strictly CARATACUS, the Latin See also:form of a See also:Celtic name, which survives in Caradoc and other proper names . The most famous See also:bearer of the name was the See also:British chieftain who led the native resistance to the See also:Roman invaders in A.D . 48-51, and was finally captured and sent to See also:Rome (Tac . See also:Ann. xii . 33, Dio. lx.) . Two old camps on the Welsh border are now called Caer Caradoc, but the names seem to be the invention of antiquaries and not genuinely See also:ancient memorials of the Celtic See also:hero . |
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