Editing Dumnonii (section)

==Territory==
{{see also|Cornovii (Cornwall)}}
[[File:Map of the Territory of the Dumnonii.svg|thumb|200px|The location of the Dumnonii in what is now [[Cornwall]] and [[Devon]].]]
[[Ptolemy]]'s 2nd century ''Geography'' places the Dumnonii to the west of the [[Durotriges]]. The name ''purocoronavium'' that appears in the [[Ravenna Cosmography]] implies the existence of a sub-tribe called the Cornavii or Cornovii, perhaps the ancestors of the [[Cornish people]].

[[Gaius Iulius Solinus]], probably in the 3rd century, remarks: "This turbid strait also divides the [[Isles of Scilly|island Silura]] from the shore which is held by the Dumnonii, a British tribe. The men of this island even now preserve an old custom: they do not use coins. They give and accept, obtaining the necessities of life by exchange rather than by money. They reverence gods, and the men and women equally declare knowledge of the future."<ref>[[Gaius Julius Solinus]] Polyhistor  § 22.7  {9}. trans. Arwen Elizabeth Apps, Gaius Iulius Solinus and His Polyhistor, Macquarie University, 2011 (PhD Dissertation) https://topostext.org/work/747</ref>

In the [[Sub-Roman Britain|sub-Roman]] period a Brythonic kingdom called [[Dumnonia]] emerged, covering the entire peninsula, although it is believed by some to have effectively been a collection of sub-kingdoms.

A kingdom of [[Domnonée]] (and of [[Cornouaille]] alongside) was established in the province of [[Armorica]] directly across the [[English Channel]], and has apparent links with the British population, suggesting an ancient connection of peoples along the western Atlantic seaboard which is also borne out by the modern genetics of Devonian and Cornish populations.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://peopleofthebritishisles.web.ox.ac.uk/population-genetics | title=Population genetics }}</ref>