Cartimandua
Family: Brigantes · Role: queen · First appears: Histories III.44-48
Life events
- Cartimandua betrayed Caratacus to the Romans, providing Claudius with material for his triumph.(Histories III.44-48 · 📍 Britain)
- Cartimandua abandoned Venutius and transferred her hand and kingdom to Vellocatus.(Histories III.44-48)
- With: Venutius Vellocatus
- “She threw over Venutius, who was her husband, and gave her hand and kingdom to his squire, Vellocatus.”
- Venutius revolted, and after Roman intervention the Brigantian kingdom passed to him.(Histories III.44-48)
- With: Venutius
- “Venutius therefore summoned assistance and, aided by the simultaneous revolt of the Brigantes, brought Cartimandua into dire straits. She petitioned for troops from Rome. Our auxiliaries, both horse and foot, then fought several engagements with varying success, but eventually rescued the queen. Thus the kingdom was left in the hands of Venutius and the war in ours.”
Histories III.44-48
- married with Venutius “She threw over Venutius, who was her husband, and gave her hand and kingdom to his squire, Vellocatus.”
- enemies with Venutius “But his strongest motive was a private quarrel with Queen Cartimandua, a member of a powerful family, who ruled the Brigantes.”
- courtship with Vellocatus “She threw over Venutius, who was her husband, and gave her hand and kingdom to his squire, Vellocatus. This crime soon proved the ruin of her house.”
- enemies with Caratacus “Her authority had lately increased, since she had betrayed King Caratacus into the hands of the Romans, and was thus considered to have provided Claudius Caesar with material for his triumph.”
- married with Vellocatus “She threw over Venutius, who was her husband, and gave her hand and kingdom to his squire, Vellocatus.”
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Extracted from the original text of Tacitus — The Histories & The Annals (Books I-VI) & Agricola. Made with Rho MD.