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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]
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.
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.
The Silures were led by Caratacus, and he carried out an effective guerrilla campaign against Governor Publius Ostorius Scapula. Finally, in 51, Ostorius lured Caratacus into a set-piece battle and defeated him. The British leader sought refuge among the Brigantes, but their queen, Cartimandua, proved her loyalty by surrendering him to the Romans.
Silures tribes of southern Wales attack the Romans, but are held back by newly constructed forts. [1] Roman citizen-colony is founded at Camulodunum . [2] 51. Caratacus leads the Ordovices of north-western Wales against the Romans, but is defeated and captured. [1] Foundation of Verulamium . [1] 52
The Silures have been defeated; [15] ... Newport Rising, an armed rebellion by the Chartism movement against authority, led by Chartist John Frost [223] 1840
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.