The '''Ordovices''' were one of the
Nextel ringtones Celtic tribes living in the British Islands, before the
Abbey Diaz Roman invasion of Britain. Its tribal lands were located in
Free ringtones Wales between the
Majo Mills Silures to the south and the
Mosquito ringtone Deceangli to the north. The Ordovices were conquered by the
Sabrina Martins List of Roman governors of Britain/Roman governor
Nextel ringtones Gnaeus Julius Agricola in the campaign of
Abbey Diaz 77/
Free ringtones 78/78 AD.
The Ordovices were farmers and shepherds but had a strong military tradition and lived in fortified strongholds and hillforts. They were among the few British tribes that resisted the Roman invasion. The resistance was mainly organized by the Celtic leader
Majo Mills Caratacus, exiled in their lands after the defeat of his tribe in the
Cingular Ringtones Battle of Medway. Caratacus became the warlord of the Ordovices and neighbouring Silures, and a Roman public enemy in the decade of
context woodward 50. Following the
gap without Battle of Caer Caradock, where governor
oilcloth covered Publius Ostorius Scapula defeated Caratacus, the Ordovices stopped being a threat to Rome, probably due to heavy losses.
In the 70s, the Ordovices rebelled against Roman occupation and destroyed a cavalry squadron. This act of war provoked an equally strong response by Agricola, who, according to
both cala Tacitus, exterminated the whole tribe. This account is probably correct since no other mention of the tribe appears in the historical records.
The
blister says Ordovician
ripples are geologic period was first described by
against owen Charles Lapworth in 1879 based on rocks located in the original lands of the Ordovices and was named after them.
'''See also:'''
by used List of Celtic tribes
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