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 Cartimandua. Who is Cartimandua? What is Cartimandua? Where is Cartimandua? Definition of Cartimandua. Meaning of ...
However, in 69, Cartimandua apparently changes husband and her mind about the Roman occupation.
The former husband is dispatched and Vellocatus, a former servant becames consort.
Venutius was not happy with the divorce and levied an army to fight for power with the ex-wife.
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 cartimandua   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
However, in 69, Cartimandua apparently changed both her husband and her mind about the Roman occupation.
Her former husband, Venutius, left her court (or was banished) and Vellocatus, a former servant became her consort.
Venutius was seemingly not happy with the "divorce" and levied an army to fight for power with his ex-wife.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /cartimandua.html   (277 words)

  
 Brigantes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This was followed by a split with Venutius, who became the most prominent figure in the resistance to Rome.
Cartimandua had apparently tired of him and married his armour-bearer, Vellocatus, who she elevated to the kingship in Venutius's place.
Initially Venutius only sought to overthrow his ex-wife, only later turning his attention to her Roman protectors.
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 Cartimandua - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In about 51 AD Cartimandua handed over the British resistance leader Caratacus, who had fled north after being defeated by Publius Ostorius Scapula in Wales, to the Romans.
Some time after the capture of Caratacus, Cartimandua divorced Venutius, marrying his armour-bearer, Vellocatus, and elevating him to the kingship.
Despite Cartimandua holding his brother and other relatives hostage, Venutius made war first against her, then against her Roman protectors.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cartimandua   (305 words)

  
 GENUKI: A History of Yorkshire, 1892: Part 0.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
He was carried in chains to Rome, where his manly bearing won the admiration of the emperor, and obtained pardon for himself and his family.
Venusius, the husband of Cartismandua, whom she had forsaken for the embraces of Vellocatus, her armour-bearer, was the most able native leader after the capture of Caractacus.
At the head of a considerable force of Brigantes he waged war against the adulterous queen; Cartismandua claimed the protection of the Romans, who sent an army to her assistance, and after a hard-fought fight her enemies were routed.
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 Renegade Miniatures - CELTIC INTER-TRIBAL WARFARE IN THE BRITISH ISLES 50 BC ~ 71 AD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
It was a compounded outrage when she betrayed Venutius by committing adultery with his shield-bearer, Vellocatus.
It is likely that Vellocatus was either Venutius' charioteer or war-groom and his status would have been akin to the king's personal bodyguard.
Interestingly, whilst the meaning of Venutius in Celtic is unclear, it is suggested that Vellocatus means either 'better at war' or 'warrior of the good fight'.
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 The Heroic Age: Brigantia, Cartimandua and Gwenhwyfar
Yet, Cartimandua's will prevailed, "favoring the illegitimate husband [Vellocatus] were the queen's libido and her ferocious temper" (Tacitus 3.45; Koch 1995:40).
Nothing is known about the final battle between Venutius and Vellocatus or the Romans, so it cannot be compared with Camlann other than for the likelihood that both battles occurred within Brigantian territory.
The triad of Cartimandua, Venutius, and Vellocatus bear a remarkable resemblance to the Arthurian triad of Gwenhwyfar, Arthur and Medraut.
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 Romans in Britain - The Brigantes tribe
She grew to despise her husband Venutius, and took as her consort his squire Vellocatus, whom she admitted to share the throne with her.
Cartimandua continued to rule the Brigantes for a number of years with her own armour-bearer, Vellocatus, as her consort.
However, the discontent was still growing in the ranks of the Brigantian rulers for another rebellion occurred during the governorship of Marcus Vettius Bolanus around 70AD.
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 Roman Britain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Venutius spurned (he had been her husband), she took his armour-bearer Vellocatus as her husband and her consort.
Her house was immediately shattered by the outrage: the husband had the passion of the tribe, the adulterer had the queen's lust and cruelty.
C handed over Caratacus in 51 [HANDOUT; alternative accounts in Annals and Histories], replaced Venutius with Vellocatus as her consort in 57, lost her throne to Venutius in 69; saved by R forces.
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 Cartimandua
Cartimandua soon had cause to be grateful to her Roman allies; in 57 AD her husband Venutius tried to oust her and sieze power for himself, but the Romans put down the rebellion.
The couple were reconciled for a time and ruled jointly until 69 AD, when Cartimandua deserted Venetius for his armour-bearer, Vellocatus.
She fled Brigantine territory and was never heard from again.
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 Brigit : Keepers of the Sacred Flame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In 69 AD she decided to divorce him and eloped with his armor-bearer, Vellocatus.
Both Cartimandua and Venutius called for the aid of the Romans, and soon it became a battle between the Romans themselves.
Eventually, Cartimandua escapes from the entire conflict and flees with her lover, Vellocatus.
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 Cartimandua   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
She convinced the Romans that if Venutius controlled the kingdom, he would not be as loyal to them as she was.
For a while Cartimandua ruled jointly with Venutius, but when he made another attempt to overthrow her, she took Vellocatus, a royal armor-bearer, as her consort.
She sent Vellocatus to fight Venutius and, again, asked for Roman help.
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 Rebellion of the Queen (pre-Celtic Goddesses of Sovereignty and Power)
A representative of the Goddess known as Brigantia, she had chosen Venutius as her consort.
Later, she replaced Venutius with a younger consort, his arms bearer, Vellocatus.
However, the society had changed sufficiently that Venutius felt emboldened to oppose this change and lead a rebellion against her.
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 Romans in Britain - The Brigantian uprising
Over ten years earlier, Queen Cartimandua had taken the throne from her husband, Venutius, with the help of the Romans.
Now she had rejected her husband and replaced him with her armour bearer, Vellocatus.
This did not please Venutius, who plotted a revolt, aided by help from surrounding tribes.
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 Brigantes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Either he did not move during the rebellion of Boudicca, or Cartimandua stopped him.
Attempting to undermine his power, Cartimandua divorced Venutius and married Vellocatus.
Confusion in the Roman world gave Venutius the opportunity to make war on his ex-wife.
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 Roman Conquest North East England Timeline   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The emperor has released Caractacus from captivity and allowed him to live freely in Rome.
Cartimandua has divorced Venutius and is planning to marry her new lover Vellocatus who had been the armour-bearer of her husband.
Civil war has broken out between the supporters of Cartimandua — who are backed by the Romans — and Venutius.
www.thenortheast.fsnet.co.uk /01TimelineRomanConquest.htm   (429 words)

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