Caratacus became the warlord of the Ordovices and neighbouring Silures, and a Roman public enemy in the 50s AD . Following the Battle of Caer Caradoc, where governor Publius Ostorius Scapula defeated Caratacus, the Ordovices were no longer a threat to Rome, probably due to heavy losses.
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Caratacus became the warlord of the Ordovices and neighbouring Silures, and a Roman public enemy in the 50s AD . Following the Battle of Caer Caradoc, where governor Publius Ostorius Scapula defeated Caratacus, the Ordovices were no longer a threat to Rome, probably due to heavy losses.
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He collected a force of veterans and a small body of auxiliaries; then as the Ordovices would not venture to descend into the plain, he put himself in front of the ranks to inspire all with the same courage against a common danger, and led his troops up a hill.
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Near the village is the "'Corbalengi Stone "', a monument of the Early Christian period inscribed : " CORBALENGI IACIT ORDOVS " . " Ordovs " is generally agreed to be the local tribe the Ordovices but " Corbalengi " is not found elsewhere, and there are many theories as to the significance of the inscription.
