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- only speculate on whether the Romans had a nickname for the Britons. Brittunculi (diminutive of Britto; hence 'little Britons'), found on one of the Vindolanda...
- the Vindolanda tablets from Hadrian's Wall the pejorative Latin word Brittunculi (wretched little brits). Afrikaans speakers may use the term rooinek...
- tablets show that the Roman nickname for the north British locals was Brittunculi meaning "nasty little Britons".[unreliable source?] Similarly, William...
- cohors equitata: "on horseback, too many of the pathetic little Brits (Brittunculi) cannot swing their swords or throw their javelins without losing their...
- (subligaria) and used a disparaging nickname for their British hosts: Brittunculi. In Latin, the suffix -unculus is both diminutive and pejorative: the...