Nennius

Family: Britons · Role: brother of Lud · First appears: Book I 15–17

In Book I, Nennius quarrelled with his brother Lud, who had abolished the name of Troy in the country; this became “the occasion of a great quarrel between him and his brother Nennius.” In Book III, he is named as one of the three sons of Heli, alongside Lud and Cassibellaun.

In Book IV, Nennius encountered Julius Caesar at the mouth of the river Thames and captured Caesar’s sword, throwing away his own. At the beginning of the encounter he killed Labienus, while Julius Caesar wounded him with an incurable blow. Nennius died fifteen days after the battle from those wounds and was buried at Trinovantum by the North Gate with regal honors.

Relationship record

Life events

• Nennius captured Julius Caesar’s sword during their combat.(Book IV 1–4 · 📍 mouth of the river Thames)
  • With: Julius Caesar
  • “Nennius, thus becoming master of Caesar's sword, threw away his own”
• Nennius killed Labienus at the beginning of the encounter.(Book IV 1–4 · 📍 mouth of the river Thames)
  • With: Labienus
  • “he was met by Labienus, a tribune, whom he killed in the very beginning of the encounter.”
• Nennius died from wounds inflicted by Julius Caesar and was buried with regal honors.(Book IV 1–4 · 📍 Trinovantum)
  • “so that fifteen days after the battle he died, and was buried at Trinovantum, by the North Gate.”

Book I 15–17

• siblings with Lud “But this very thing became afterwards the occasion of a great quarrel between him and his brother Nennius, who took offence at his abolishing the name of Troy in this country.”

Book III 19–20

• parent: Heli “He had three sons, Lud, Cassibellaun, and Nennius”
• siblings with Lud “He had three sons, Lud, Cassibellaun, and Nennius”
• siblings with Cassibellaun “He had three sons, Lud, Cassibellaun, and Nennius”

Book IV 1–4

• siblings with Cassibellaun “On the other hand, he was very much oppressed with grief for his brother Nennius, who lay mortally wounded, and at the very point of death.”
• with Labienus (Nennius killed Labienus in battle.) “While he was thus exerting himself, he was met by Labienus, a tribune, whom he killed in the very beginning of the encounter.”
• enemies with Julius Caesar “During this action, fortune gave Nennius an opportunity of encountering Caesar.”
• with Julius Caesar (interaction) “For Caesar had wounded him in the encounter, and the blow which he had given him proved incurable;”

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Extracted from the original text of The History of the Kings of Britain. Made with Rho MD.