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GCSE History · key term
A large British people whose territory lay in northern Britain. Their internal conflict helped create the circumstances for Roman military intervention.
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Paper 2
Revise: The Flavian Governors: Bolanus, Cerialis, and FrontinusCartimandua, queen of the Brigantes, had relied on Roman support, but her rival Venutius rebelled in AD 69. Roman intervention did not restore her position, and Venutius remained in power. This weakened the arrangement through which Rome had exercised influence over the Brigantes without directly conquering their territory.
Support comparisons with named peoples and places: Cerialis campaigned against the Brigantes in northern Britain; Frontinus subdued the Silures in South Wales.
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