CA´NTIUM
CA´NTIUM (
Κάντιον), in Britain. Name for name, the county
Kent. Probably the two areas coincide as well, or nearly so. Mentioned by Caesar as being that part of the coast where the traffic with Gaul was greatest, and where the civilisation was highest. The
North Foreland was called Cantium
[p. 1.503]Promontorium. (
Caes. Gal. 5.13,
14,
22;
Strab. i. p.63, iv. pp. 193, 199;
Ptol. 2.3.27; comp.
CANTAE)
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