The Ordovices, shortly before Agricola's arrival, had destroyed nearly the whole of a squadron of allied cavalry quartered in their territory.
12.
The Ordovices, a Roman fort "'Segontium "'was established around 80 to subjugate the Ordovices during the Roman conquest of Britain.
13.
The Ordovices, a Roman fort "'Segontium "'was established around 80 to subjugate the Ordovices during the Roman conquest of Britain.
14.
Into the Iron Age, Cheshire became occupied by the Celtic Cornovii, bordering the Brigantes to the North and the Deceangli and Ordovices to the West.
15.
It is thought that it was part of the territory of the Ordovices tribe, and that'Dinorwig'means " Fort of the Ordovices ".
16.
It is thought that it was part of the territory of the Ordovices tribe, and that'Dinorwig'means " Fort of the Ordovices ".
17.
The Ordovices had fortified a ridge of steep hills above the river and the difficulty of the terrain behind them made an encircling manoeuvre by the Romans impossible.
18.
Caratacus fled the storming of the town, taking refuge with the Ordovices and Silures tribes in Wales and becoming a Welsh folk hero for his resistance to Rome.
19.
In Wales the known tribes ( the list may be incomplete ) included the Ordovices and Deceangli in the north, and the Silures and Demetae in the south.
20.
It is thought that the construction of these defences was related to a general uprising of the Welsh tribes, the Ordovices and Silures, that occurred at this time.
