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Caractacus (died c. 54)

British chieftain who headed resistance to the Romans in southeast England from AD 43 to AD 51, but was defeated on the Welsh border. Shown in Claudius's triumphal procession, he was released in tribute to his courage and died in Rome.

Caractacus

Cantata for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra by Edward Elgar, Op. 35 (libretto by H A Acworth), composed in 1898 and first produced at the Leeds Festival, England, on 5 October 1898. Its subject is the battles of the ancient Briton Caractacus against the Romans.

It is also the title of music by Thomas Arne for a dramatic poem by W Mason (published 1759), first performed at Covent Garden, London, on 6 December 1776.

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