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... in the southeast of Britain and had borders with the Catuvellauni and the Trinovantes (See map above.) Both the Cativenllani and the Trinovantes traded with the Romans even before the Roman invasion. The Iceni tribe however refused to play any part in this. Later when they were forced to trade with the Romans it was a massive change for all of them. This is arguably one of the more major for the Iceni revolting. Evidence gathered from the Roman pottery backs this idea up. All over Britain Roman wine jugs (amphora) have been found. Very few of these jugs have been found where the Iceni used to be situated compared with other places such as South Britain. This shows that the rest of Britain traded with the Roman Empire whereas the Iceni had remained very isolated from Roman Culture and therefore were in for a shock later The Iceni managed to live ...
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