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Durotriges
Durotriges

Territory: Dorset, with extensions in South Wiltshire, South Somerset and Devon Tribal (Roman) Capital: Durnovaria (modern Dorchester, Dorset)

The Durotriges were more a tribal confederation than one tribe, as they were governed by numerous monarchies who were reigning simultaneously. They were among the few tribes of Celtic Britain who used coinage before the Roman conquest, but these coins were rather simple and had no inscriptions. That means we have no record about their monarchs or rulers.

The Durotriges were an organized society, based in the farming of lands surrounded and controlled by numerous strong hill forts. Maiden Castle is an example of one of these hill forts. It is not surprising that the Durotriges resisted Roman invasion, although by 70CE the tribe was fullt Romanised and securely included in the Roman province of Brittania.

Despite their organized society, the Durotriges didn’t have a (pre-Roman) tribal centre. Durnovaria is the accepted civitas capital of the Durotiges. The only other walled town was Lindinis and was possibly the centre of a seperate tribal civitas of the Northern Durotriges.

An ancient trading centre of the Durotriges on the south coast of Dorset was Hengistbury Head and believed to be the site of one of the first Celtic mints in Britain.
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none * Fairfax Durotriges
20 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: October 25 , 2004
Allynne2.jpg * Allynne Durotriges
102 Board Posts - 1 Group
last login: February 17 , 2008
avatar000.gif * Dindraine Durotriges
4 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: October 2 , 2006
godiva-L.jpg * Danann Durotriges
10 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: September 2 , 2004
avatar000.gif * Hellawes Durotriges
4 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: April 6 , 2007
avatar000.gif * DarkWing Durotriges
4 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: July 22 , 2007
new carpet.JPG * Iseabal Durotriges
466 Board Posts - 1 Group
last login: June 23 , 2008
AERegyMale-Thoth.gif * Cursus Durotriges
8 Board Posts - 1 Group
last login: July 31 , 2007
avatar116.gif * Destree Durotriges
4 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: November 4 , 2002
avatar000.gif * Credwen Durotriges
4 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: July 4 , 2007
Carro.jpg * Caradoc Durotriges
17 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: June 10 , 2008
avatar26.gif * Mara Durotriges
7 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: January 4 , 2009
wow.jpg * HrcateTara Durotriges
12 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: December 19 , 2009
prophetess.gif * HecateTara Durotriges
44 Board Posts - 1 Group
last login: April 21 , 2009
avatar000.gif * Dantae Durotriges
menw.gif * Menw Durotriges
17 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: April 30 , 2008
muriel.gif * Muriel Durotriges
11 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: June 25 , 2009
arthur.gif * Uther Durotriges
19 Board Posts - 1 Group
last login: September 13 , 2007
avatar000.gif * Eyra Durotriges
4 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: October 24 , 2002
avatar000.gif * Fand Durotriges
4 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: October 23 , 2003
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