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Tincommius was king of the Iron Age tribe of the Atrebates who lived in southern central Britain immediately prior to the Roman invasion.


He was the son and heir of Commius and succeeded his father around 20-25 BC. Little is known of his reign although numismatic] evidence suggests that he was more sympathetic to Rome than his father was in later years as the coins he issued much more closely resemble Roman types and are so much better made that they must have come from professional Roman die-cutters. GC Boon has suggested that this technical advance was not limited to coinage and represents wider industrial assistance from the Roman Empire. Tincommius' successors used the term rex on their coins and this indicates that Tincommius had begun the process of achieving client kingdom status with Rome.


By 16 BC Roman pottery and other imports appear in considerable quantities at Tincommius' capital of Calleva Atrebatum, today known as Silchester, and it is likely that the Atrebatic king had established trading and diplomatic links with Augustus.


Tincommius was expelled by his subjects for unknown reasons around AD 8 and fled to Rome as a refugee and supplicant. He was replaced by Epillus whom Augustus chose to recognise as rex rather than depose and reinstate Tincommius. Augustus may have planned to use his ally's deposing as an excuse to invade Britain but other, more pressing foreign policy matters probably persuaded him to postpone the move.


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BRITISH CELTIC NOBLES (5231 words)
Tincommius continued to rule the kingdom from Noviomagus on the south coast, and left his brother Eppillus to govern the northern tribal lands from Calleva.
It is possible that during the period of joint rule, Tincommius governed the southern half of the Atrebatean realm, operating from the oppidum of Noviomagus, and upon his succession he preferred to stay at the southerly sea port.
This left his brother Eppillus to govern the northern territory from Calleva, and was to be the undoing of the lazy Tincommius, for it is from this time that the oppidum at Calleva developed into the main centre of Atrebatean power, under the rule of Eppilus.
ATREBATES (1798 words)
Around 5BC, it would appear that diplomatic initiatives were instated between Tincommius and the emperor which concluded with a formal treaty.
Tincommius continued to rule the kingdom from Noviomagus on the south coast, and left his brother Eppillus to govern the northern tribal lands from Calleva, from which place he issued coins inscribed
AD7 he conspired to remove Tincommius from the Atrebatean throne, forcing him to flee to Rome to petition the emperor (vide supra).
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