Dubnovellaunus
King of theCantiaci
South wall of thepronaos of theTemple of Augustus and Rome inAnkara, sporting theMonumentum Ancyranum of theRes Gestae Divi Augusti. The section relating to Dubnovellaunus is annotated.
Successor	Vodenos

Dubnovellaunus orDumnovellaunus was the name of at least one, and possibly several kings of south-easternBritain in the late 1st century BC/early 1st century AD, known from coin legends and from a mention in theRes Gestae Divi Augusti.

• Dubnovellaunus is the name of a king who, based on coin distribution, appears to have ruled overKent east of theRiver Medway. He was the first king of theCantiaci to issue inscribed coins: some of his coins appear to date from as early as 40-30 BC. Towards the end of the 1st century BC he seems to have been succeeded by a king calledVodenos or Vosenios, although it is possible the two kings' reigns were contemporary or overlapped.
• A king called Dubnovellaunus succeeded his fatherAddedomarus as king of theTrinovantes ca. 10-5 BC and ruled for several years before being supplanted byCunobelinus of theCatuvellauni.
• In theRes Gestae Divi Augusti, a British king called Dumnovellaunus appears, alongsideTincomarus of theAtrebates, as a supplicant toAugustus around AD 7.
• Another Dumnovellaunus appears on coins of theCorieltauvi, dating ca. 45 AD. He appears to have been a subordinate king toVolisios, probably the overall king of the territory.

Given the chronology it is possible, but not certain, that Dubnovellaunus of the Cantiaci is the same individual as Dubnovellaunus of the Trinovantes; and the Trinovantian Dubnovellaunus is most likely to be the Dumnovellaunus who presented himself to Augustus.

• Cantiaci,Coritani andTrinovantes atRoman-Britain.co.uk
• Res Gestae Divi Augusti atLacus Curtius

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