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TheDeceangli orDeceangi (Welsh: Tegeingl[1][2]) were one of theCeltic tribes living inBritain, prior to theRoman invasion of the island. The tribe lived in the region near the modern city ofChester but it is uncertain whether their territory covered only the modern counties ofFlintshire,[3]Denbighshire and the adjacent part of Cheshire or whether it extended further west.[4] They lived inhill forts running in a chain through theClwydian Range and their tribal capital wasCanovium.[5]
Assaults on the British tribes were made under the legatePublius Ostorius Scapula who attacked the Deceangli in 48 AD.[4] No Roman town is known to have existed in the territory of this tribe, though the auxiliary fort ofCanovium (Caerhun) was probably in their lands and may have had a civilian settlement around it.
Roman mine workings oflead andsilver are evident in the regions occupied by the Deceangli. Several sows of lead have been found inChester, one weighing 192 lbs bears the markings: IMP VESP AVGV T IMP III DECEANGI. Another, found near Tarvin Bridge, weighing 179 lbs is inscribed: IMP VESP V T IMP III COS DECEANGI and is dated to AD 74. Both are displayed in theGrosvenor Museum.
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