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Silures

[sil-yuh-reez]
plural noun
  1. a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
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Examples from the Web for silures

Historical Examples

  • The Silures were defeated in 50, the Decangi in 58, the Ordovices in 78.

    A Short History of Wales

    Owen M. Edwards

  • This was the renowned region of the Silures, inhabited by three powerful tribes.

  • Its position was favourable for the coercion of the wild Silures.

    The Towns of Roman Britain

    James Oliver Bevan

  • Silures, one of the ancient British tribes occupying the SE.

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

    Edited by Rev. James Wood

  • He subdued the Silures, and held the other native tribes in check till he was superseded by Agricola .

British Dictionary definitions for silures

Silures

pl n
  1. a powerful and warlike tribe of ancient Britain, living chiefly in SE Wales, who fiercely resisted Roman invaders in the 1st century a.d
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