Following the Medway and Thames crossings, Roman forces moved southwest to secure the Atrebates heartland at Calleva. While Verica had invited Roman intervention, a northern Atrebates faction offered resistance. The occupation of Calleva established the strategic road junction that would become the principal city of the region and seat of the client king Cogidubnus.
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