Epaticcus or Epaticcu (d. c. AD 35) was a brother of Cunobelinus, king of the Catuvellauni, a tribe of Iron Age Britain. For alternate uses, see Number 35. ... Cunobelinus (also written Kynobellinus, Cunobelin) was a historical king of the Catuvellauni tribe of pre-Roman Britain. ... The Catuvellaunii (meaning probably good in battle) were one of the Celtic tribes living in the British Isles, before the Roman invasion of Britain. ... In Britain, the Iron Age lasted from about the 7th century BC until the Roman conquest and until the 5th century AD in non-Romanised parts. ...
Coins bearing his name begin to appear in the northern lands of the neighbouring Atrebates tribe and their capital at Silchester, probably fell to him around AD 25. It is likely that Epaticcus was permitted to govern the area by his brother as part of the Catuvellaunian hegemony that was expanding across south eastern Britain at the time. The Atrebates (meaning settlers) were a Belgic tribe of Gaul and Britain before the Roman conquests. ... Silchester is a village and civil parish in the English county of Hampshire. ... For other uses, see number 25. ...
Around AD35 however, Epaticcus was either killed or died naturally, and Verica made some progress toward retrieving the lands lost to the Catuvellauni.
Was the son of Addedomaros, whom he succeeded in c.20BC, and the father of Cunobelin and Epaticcus.
While his father ruled the joint Catuvellaunian/Trinovantian kingdom from Camulodunum, and his elder brother Adminius governed Cantium from Durovernum (annexed in c.AD30), Togodumnus was given administrative authority over the Catuvellaunian heartlands and based at the old capital of Verulamium.
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