The Silures had been galvanised by Ostorius'ill-thought out threats to destroy them and began taking Roman prisoners as hostages and distributing them amongst their neighbouring tribes.
22.
Belgae and Silures also came from Gallic areas, although not strictly " Celtic ", but from " Gallia Belgica " and " Aquitainia ".
23.
The valley was certainly used as a major prehistoric route through the land of the Silures between the coastal plain of the Caldicot and Wentloog Levels and the Brecon Beacons.
24.
Unlike the Silures, their neighbours in what later became south east Wales, they were not a warlike people and submitted to the Romans even before they reached their lands.
25.
Interestingly these regions show an approximate correspondence to the territories of the tribes later recorded in these areas by the Romans, the Silures, Demetae, Ordovices and Deceangli respectively.
26.
The campaign to conquer the Silures continued under the governor Quintus Veranius and his successor Gaius Suetonius Paulinus but by now Strutt Park's r�le was to maintain the peace.
27.
They cleared the forests to establish pasture and to cultivate the land, developed new technologies such as ceramics and textile production, and built Cornovii, Demetae and Silures for centuries.
28.
Caerwent seems to have continued in use in the post-Roman period as a religious centre and the territory of the Silures later became the 5th century Welsh Kingdoms of Gwynllug.
29.
French recording artist Vitalic collaborated with Lamb on an extended play, entitled " All You Can Eat ", under the band name " The Silures ".
30.
The Roman Tacitus wrote of the Silures : " non atrocitate, non clementia mutabatur " & ndash; the tribe " was changed neither by cruelty nor by clemency ".
