TheCenimagni were a tribe ofIron Age Britain in the first century BCE. They are known only from a brief mention in the writings ofJulius Caesar.[1] It has been suggested that the name is a variant ofIceni with the Latin adjectivemagni, meaning "great".[2] Others have suggested that they may have been one of the four tribes of Kent, represented in Caesar by references to the "four kings of that region" and in the archaeological record by distinct pottery assemblages.[3]
During Julius Caesar's second invasion of Britain in 54 BCE, following Caesar's military success and restoration of KingMandubracius to power over theTrinovantes, opposition to the Romans coalesced around the figure ofCassivellaunus which led to divided loyalties among the Britons, as Caesar records. Emissaries of five British tribes, including the Cenimagni (the others being theAncalites, theSegontiaci, theBibroci and theCassi), arrived at the Roman camp to treat for peace, and agreed to reveal details of Cassivellaunus' stronghold. Caesar besieged him there and brought him to terms. When Caesar left Britain he tookhostages from the Britons, although which tribes were compelled to give any is not specified.[4]
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