The most powerful of the populations of Belgic origin were found in Cantium (_Kent_), which was placed, by its commercial relations, in more habitual intercourse with Gaul.[319] The “Commentaries” mention only a small number of British nations. These are the Trinobantes (the people of _Essex_ and _Middlesex_), who proved the most faithful to the Romans,[320] and whose principal _oppidum_ was probably already, in the time of Cæsar, Londinium (_London_), mentioned by Tacitus;[321] the Cenimagni[322] (_Suffolk_, to the north of the Trinobantes); the Segontiaci (the greater part of _Hampshire_ and _Berkshire_, southern counties); the Bibroci (inhabiting a region then thickly wooded, over which extended the celebrated forest of Anderida);[323] their territory comprised a small part of _Hampshire_ and _Berkshire_, and embraced the counties of _Surrey_ and _Sussex_ and the most western part of _Kent_; the Ancalites (a more uncertain position, in the north of _Berkshire_ and the western part of _Middlesex_); the Cassii (_Hertfordshire_ and _Bedfordshire_, central counties). Each of these little nations was governed by a chieftain or king.[324] The Belgæ of Britain possessed the same manners as the Gauls, but their social condition was less advanced. Strabo[325] gives this proof, that, having milk in abundance, the Britons did not know how to make cheese, an art, on the contrary, carried to great perfection in certain parts of Gaul. The national character of the two populations, British and Gaulish, presented a great analogy:--“The same boldness in seeking danger, the same eagerness to fly from it when it is before them,” writes Tacitus; “although the courage of the Britons has more of pride in it.”[326] This resemblance of the two races showed itself also in their exterior forms. Yet, according to Strabo, the stature of the Britons was taller than that of the Gauls, and their hair was less red. Their dwellings were but wretched huts made of stubble and wood;[327] they stored up their wheat in subterranean repositories; their _oppida_ were situated in the middle of forests, defended by a rampart and a fosse, and served for places of refuge in case of attack.[328]