A historical proper name, referring to a British Celtic chieftain who resisted Roman invasion in the 1st century AD.
From Brythonic Celtic *caratacos, composed of *cara- (friend) and *taco- (skilled), a common Celtic name element; Latinized by Roman historians as 'Caratacus.'
Caratacus led the last major British resistance to Roman conquest—his name literally means 'beloved warrior,' and medieval writers portrayed him as a noble enemy because the Romans themselves admired his courage.
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