The Suessiones occupied the Aisne valley in what Caesar described as one of the most powerful polities in Belgic Gaul — their king Diviciacus had reportedly held authority over Britain as well, though that claim remains debated. This potin class was almost certainly in circulation during or immediately before Caesar's 57 BC campaign against the Belgae, when Suessiones territory became a direct theater of war. The oppidum at Noviodunum fell without a siege after the tribe submitted, leaving little time for continued local production.
The Suessiones occupied the Aisne valley in what Caesar described as one of the most powerful polities in Belgic Gaul — their king Diviciacus had reportedly held authority over Britain as well, though that claim remains debated. This potin class was almost certainly in circulation during or immediately before Caesar's 57 BC campaign against the Belgae, when Suessiones territory became a direct theater of war. The oppidum at Noviodunum fell without a siege after the tribe submitted, leaving little time for continued local production.