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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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Allynne2.jpg * Allynne Durotriges
102 Board Posts - 1 Group
last login: February 17 , 2008
avatar103.gif * Arienlhach Durotriges
4 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: March 14 , 2007
avatar-000.gif * Artorios Durotriges
14 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: May 11 , 2010
germania9_rkh.gif * Ayana Durotriges
6 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: July 8 , 2005
avatar-000.gif * Bret Durotriges
4 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: August 15 , 2003
avatar000.gif * Britt Durotriges
4 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: September 20 , 2008
Carro.jpg * Caradoc Durotriges
17 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: July 26 , 2011
sycophant.gif * Ceido Durotriges
38 Board Posts - 1 Group
last login: January 2 , 2007
avatar000.gif * Credwen Durotriges
4 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: July 4 , 2007
AERegyMale-Thoth.gif * Cursus Durotriges
8 Board Posts - 1 Group
last login: July 31 , 2007
godiva-L.jpg * Danann Durotriges
10 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: September 2 , 2004
avatar000.gif * Dantae Durotriges
avatar000.gif * DarkWing Durotriges
4 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: July 22 , 2007
avatar-000.gif * darrell Durotriges
4 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: March 7 , 2005
avatar101.gif * Denae Durotriges
5 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: September 23 , 2008
avatar116.gif * Destree Durotriges
4 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: November 4 , 2002
avatar000.gif * Dindraine Durotriges
4 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: October 2 , 2006
avatar-000.gif * Drust Durotriges
4 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: June 13 , 2010
dumnorixwirocu.jpeg * Dumnorix Durotriges
7 Board Posts - 1 Group
last login: June 1 , 2010
idefix2.gif * Durrnberger Durotriges
25 Board Posts - 1 Group
last login: September 10 , 2004
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