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Bede, Geoffrey: Cassibellaunus
Welsh: Caswallawn

British chieftain, probably of the Catuvellauni.

Cassivellaunus is first mentioned in Julius Caesar's De Bello Gallico v, where he is said to be the commander of the British resistance.

His tribe is not named, but its location is, namely north of the Thames, apparently on its banks; this is known from other sources as the land of the Catuvellauni tribe, so it is reasonable to assume that is Cassivellaunus' tribe, though they are not mentioned.

However, he may have instead been from the Cassi tribe, and his name may be a corruption of Vellaunus of the Cassi.

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Later, the Catuvellauni may have taken shape, their name meaning something like "Warriors of Vellaunus", catu- being a warband, related to the modern Welsh word cad "battle."

Rhys notes that Cassi could have been written Caθθi, the "s" being lisped, and thus latter Catti in Latin.

There have been coins with the name Catti found near Monmouth. And so the