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Their resistance was led by Caratacus, who had fled from the south-east (of what is now England) when it was conquered by the Romans. He first led the Silures, then moved to the territory of the Ordovices, where he was defeated by Ostorius in AD 51. The Silures were not subdued, however, and waged effective guerrilla warfare against the Roman ...
Due to the Silures' ferocity and insubordination, the Romans built a legionary fortress to suppress them. [4] The Silures (and later the Ordovices) were led by Caratacus, a king who had fled South-eastern England. [4] Under Caratacus' rule, the Welsh fought the Romans in a pitched battle which led to the loss of all the Ordovician territory. [4]
Caratacus' name appears as both Caratacus and Caractacus in manuscripts of Tacitus, and as Καράτακος and Καρτάκης in manuscripts of Dio. Older reference works tend to favour the spelling "Caractacus", coins minted during his rule show the beginning of his name CARA' on the obverse, but some modern scholars agree, based on historical linguistics and source criticism, that the ...
The Silures of southeast Wales caused considerable problems to Ostorius and fiercely defended their border country. Caratacus himself led this guerilla campaign but was defeated when he finally chose to offer a decisive battle; he fled to the Roman client tribe of the Brigantes who occupied the Pennines.
Tacitus outlines the campaigns leading up to the battle: The army then marched against the Silures, a naturally fierce people and now full of confidence in the might of Caratacus, who by many an indecisive and many a successful battle had raised himself far above all the other generals of the Britons.
Caratacus became a warlord of the Ordovices and neighbouring Silures, and was declared a Roman public enemy in the 50s AD. In Caratacus' last battle, governor Publius Ostorius Scapula defeated Caratacus and sent him to Rome as a prisoner. In the 70s, the Ordovices rebelled against Roman occupation and destroyed a cavalry squadron.
Governor Sextus Julius Frontinus completes the conquest of the Silures and constructs a fort at Caerleon. [1] 78. General (later Governor) Gnaeus Julius Agricola completes the conquest of the Ordovices. [1] 79. Legionary fortress constructed at Deva Victrix ; subjugation of north-west completed. [1] Grand opening of civic centre in St Albans. [2]
The Battle of the Silarus was fought in 212 BC between Hannibal's army and a Roman force led by centurion Marcus Centenius Penula. The Carthaginians were victorious, destroying the entire Roman army and killing 15,000 Roman soldiers in the process.