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    Julius Agricola, chapter 18". Dinas Dinorwig Hillfort https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/95283/ Ordovices at Roman-Britain.co.uk Ordovices at Romans in Britain...
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  • perhaps some adjoining areas. They were bordered to the north by the Ordovices; to the east by the Dobunni; and to the west by the Demetae. According...
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    Silurian Period 443.8 Ma. The Ordovician, named after the Welsh tribe of the Ordovices, was defined by Charles Lapworth in 1879 to resolve a dispute between...
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    opposed by two native tribes: the Silures and the Ordovices. Caractacus or Caradog, leader of the Ordovices, had initial success in resisting Roman invasions...
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    informed of events and major personalities in the rest of Britain: "The Ordovices, shortly before Agricola's arrival, had destroyed nearly the whole of...
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    invaders. We next hear of him in Tacitus's Annals, leading the Silures and Ordovices in what is now Wales against the Roman governor Publius Ostorius Scapula...
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    Dumnonii Durotriges Epidii Gabrantovices Iceni Lopocares Lugi Novantae Ordovices Parisi Regni Selgovae Setantii Silures Smertae Suessiones Taexali Textoverdi...
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    Taexali Textoverdi Vacomagi Venicones Votadini Deceangli Demetae Gangani Ordovices Silures Ancalites Attacotti Bibroci Cassi Cenimagni (may be a variant...
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    first published its distinctive fossils – lay within the territory of the Ordovices; … Here, then, have we the hint for the appropriate title for the central...
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    the Menai Strait enabled human habitation in prehistoric Britain. The Ordovices, a Celtic tribe, lived in the region during the period known as Roman...
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