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[LH] Cunobelin 2016-10-05

Here's Cunobelin Leaderhead for Civ 4. He is also the male Celtic leader in Civ 2



Coins of Cunobelin

Code:
		<LeaderheadArtInfo>
			<Type>ART_DEF_LEADER_CUNO</Type>
			<Button>Art/LeaderHeads/Cunobelin/cuno.dds</Button>
			<NIF>art/LeaderHeads/Cunobelin/cuno.nif</NIF>
			<KFM>art/LeaderHeads/Cunobelin/genghis_khan.kfm</KFM>
			<NoShaderNIF>art/LeaderHeads/Cunobelin/cuno.nif</NoShaderNIF>
			<BackgroundKFM>art/LeaderHeads/Cunobelin/genghis_khan_bg.kfm</BackgroundKFM>
		</LeaderheadArtInfo>

Cunobelin (also spelled Cunobeline or Cunobelinus) was an Iron Age British king of the early first century AD known from passing mentions by classical historians Suetonius and Dio Cassius, and from his many inscribed coins.

His earliest coins, dated before AD 7, were minted at Camulodunum (Colchester), capital of the Trinovantes, some of which portray a palm or laurel wreath, a Roman motif indicating a military victory. He began issuing coins from Verulamium (St Albans), capital of the Catuvellauni, c. AD 10, some of which name him as the son of the former Catuvellaunian king Tasciovanus. The distribution of his coinage indicates that his rule spread across modern Essex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire and north Berkshire, with influence over Sussex, Hampshire, Norfolk, north Kent and Gloucestershire. Cassius Dio seems to confirm that the Catuvellauni were Cunobelinus's tribe, and that the Dobunni of Gloucestershire were tributary to him.

He appears to have maintained good relations with the Roman Empire. He used the Latin title REX ("king") and classical motifs on his coins, and his reign saw an increase in trade with the European continent. Archaeology shows an increase in luxury goods imported from the continent, including Italian wine and drinking vessels, olive oil and fish sauces from Hispania, glassware, jewellery and Gallo-Belgic tableware, which from their distribution appear to have entered Britain via the port of Camulodunum. He was probably one of the British kings that Strabo says sent embassies to Augustus Caesar. Strabo reports Rome's lucrative trade with Britain: the island's exports included grain, gold, silver, iron, hides, slaves and hunting dogs.

He also appears in British legend as Cynfelyn (Welsh), Kymbelinus (Medieval Brito-Latin) or Cymbeline (Shakespeare, et al.), in which form he is the subject of a play by William Shakespeare. His name is a compound made up of cuno- "hound" and "Belenos" (the god) Belenus".
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