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The Celt Family
Dumnonii
Dumnonii

Territory: in the South-West Country of Britain (Somerset, Devon and Cornwall) Tribal (Roman) Capital: Isca Dumnoniorum (modern Exeter, Devon)

Little is known about the Dumnonii. A Brythonic kingdom, called Dumnonia, occupied the south-west peninsula in sub-Roman times. It probably wasn’t so much a ‘kingdom’ as a collection of sub-kingdoms or even a grouping of small tribes. They didn’t use any coins or have any large settlements.

The Dumnonii do not seem to have been politically centralised: the structure, distribution and construction of Bronze Age and Iron Age hillforts in the southwest shows a number of smaller tribal groups living alongside each other.

They seem to have offered no resistance to the invading Romans and as a result, few garrison forts were placed there. Isca Dumnoniorum was the most south-westerly Roman fortified settlement in Britain and the Romans established Isca as the capital of their civitas. Isca Dumnoniorum was also the southern starting point for the Roman Fosse Way.

The Latin name suggests that the city was already a Celtic oppidum (walled town) on the banks on the River Exe before the foundation of the Roman city around 50AD.

The Dumnonii didn’t adopt the Roman way of life fully and carried on in their own lifestyle throughout the occupation. Evidence of this is their style of building during the Roman period. It was wholly native in form with no Romanised features.
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Artoros.gif * Artoros Dumnonii
42 Board Posts - 1 Group
last login: April 6 , 2008
avella1.png * Avella Dumnonii
174 Board Posts - 1 Group
last login: July 12 , 2008
ArianwenPortraitSmall.gif * Arianwen Dumnonii
96 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: July 22 , 2008
NimueMedieval.gif * Nimue Dumnonii
130 Board Posts - 1 Group
last login: July 5 , 2008
luned.gif * Luned Dumnonii
28 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: July 16 , 2008
Viv_avi3.jpg * Tressa Dumnonii
8 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: September 18 , 2006
dem.gif * Demelza Dumnonii
348 Board Posts - 13 Groups
last login: March 2 , 2007
talon.jpg * Arvandus Dumnonii
21 Board Posts - 1 Group
last login: January 1 , 2005
hendyhead.jpg * Togidubnus Dumnonii
7 Board Posts - 1 Group
last login: October 1 , 2005
gwenhwyfar.jpg * Gwenhwyfar Dumnonii
17 Board Posts - 1 Group
last login: September 2 , 2006
CailteCelt mini.jpg * Cailte Dumnonii
6 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: November 10 , 2006
King Arthur.jpg * Gilmore Dumnonii
17 Board Posts - 1 Group
last login: January 17 , 2005
00043720_000 Red Rose.gif * Scarlett Dumnonii
63 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: March 1 , 2008
amlawdd.gif * Amlawdd Dumnonii
56 Board Posts - 1 Group
last login: July 3 , 2006
angelofthenightscreen.jpg * Desiree Dumnonii
13 Board Posts - 1 Group
last login: June 7 , 2008
avatar03.jpg * Mogh Roith Dumnonii
92 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: June 1 , 2008
lother_winged_helmet_200.jpeg * Guoremor Dumnonii
10 Board Posts - 1 Group
last login: October 11 , 2006
CeltWolf.gif * Kerra Dumnonii
5 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: August 24 , 2007
demelza.gif * Dindraine Dumnonii
8 Board Posts - 1 Group
last login: May 3 , 2005
Lithe_Avatar.jpg * Marian Dumnonii
22 Board Posts - 1 Group
last login: March 24 , 2008
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