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Ruler
Amminus (Adminius) · c. AD 30–40
Kentish ruler; almost certainly Cunobelin's banished son Adminius
A ruler in Kent in the last years before the Roman conquest, known from coins reading AMMINVS or AM. He is almost certainly Adminius, the son of Cunobelin whom the Roman writer Suetonius says was banished by his father and went over to the emperor Caligula with a small band of followers in about AD 40. This , with AM on a , is one of his small change coins from east Kent.,,,
Known for Fleeing to the emperor Caligula after his father Cunobelin banished him, an episode that helped turn Rome's attention to Britain.
Family and links
- Amminus (Adminius): the ruler of this coin · on the timeline
- Cunobelin: father; recorded (Suetonius), · on the timeline
- Togodumnus: brother; recorded (Cassius Dio names him as a son of Cunobelin)
- Caratacus: brother; recorded (Cassius Dio names him as a son of Cunobelin) · on the timeline
People Cantiaci: The Iron Age people of today's Kent, the part of Britain closest to the Continent. In the years before the Roman conquest their coins carry the names of several rulers, Amminus among the last of them.,
Read more: Wikipedia: Adminius · Iron Age Coins in Britain: ABC 468 · Suetonius, Caligula 44 (LacusCurtius) · Amminus (Adminius): all coins · Cantiaci: all coins
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