Silures
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The Silures were a powerful ancient Celtic tribe that inhabited southeastern Wales during the Roman conquest of Britain.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ancient Celtic tribe ⓘ |
| archaeologicalEvidence |
Caerwent inscriptions
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
local farmsteads and hillforts in southeast Wales ⓘ |
| capitalAfterConquest |
Caerwent
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Venta Silurum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Wales ⓘ |
| culture | Celtic ⓘ |
| economy |
agriculture
ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ |
| eraOfProminence | 1st century AD ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Celtic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| integratedInto | Roman provincial system in Britain ⓘ |
| knownFor |
fierce warfare against Romans
ⓘ
resistance to Roman rule ⓘ |
| language | Brittonic Celtic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Britannia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ southeastern Wales ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Annals of Tacitus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernEquivalentRegion |
Monmouthshire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Newport area ⓘ southeast Wales ⓘ |
| nameEtymology | possibly from a Celtic root related to "seed" or "offspring" (uncertain) ⓘ |
| neighbouringTribe |
Demetae
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dobunni NERFINISHED ⓘ Ordovices NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Publius Ostorius Scapula
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman legions in Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Sextus Julius Frontinus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Celtic Britons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postConquestStatus | civitas of Venta Silurum ⓘ |
| region |
Glamorgan area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Herefordshire borderlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Monmouthshire area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Celtic polytheism ⓘ |
| romanFortAssociatedWith |
Caerleon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Usk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| romanTownLocatedIn | Caerwent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| source | classical Roman historians ⓘ |
| subduedBy |
Roman military campaigns in late 1st century AD
ⓘ
Sextus Julius Frontinus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Iron Age
ⓘ
Roman conquest of Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| used | hillforts ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.