Caractacus.1856 Size:M: 75 x 50cm The Spaniards Inn

The Spaniards Inn

22nd August 1138

In the foreground figures walk and hay carts can be seen

View of nos 167

leaving the Cuper's Gardens site to serve as a base for bridge building

Caractacus.1856 Size:M: 75 x 50cm The Spaniards InnCaractacus. 1856. King of the British tribe of Trinovantes, and the son of Cunobelinus. Caratacus' kingdom, embracing the Atrebates of Hampshire and probably the Dobunni of Gloucestershire, lay in the west. At the time of the Roman invasion of Britain during the reign of Claudius, he led the native resistance against Aulus Plautius (ad 43 47) and, after being defeated, withdrew into south Wales.