1. He then spent several years campaigning against the Silures and the Ordovices. 2. The Silures resisted this invasion fiercely from their mountain strongholds, but the Romans eventually prevailed. 3. The Silures were not subdued, however, and waged effective guerrilla warfare against the Roman forces. 4. Ostorius died with the Silures still unconquered and, after his death, they defeated the Second Legion. 5. Gaius is an inheritant of royal blood through his Celtic mother of a southern tribe, the Silures . 6. Until the Roman conquest of Britain, Cardiff was part of the territory of the Silures a Ely. 7. Their Territory was bordered by the Belgae to the South; and the Silures and Ordovices to the West. 8. Bronze Age fishermen settled around the fertile estuary of the River Usk and later the Celtic Silures built hillforts overlooking it. 9. His forces were probably primarily made up of warriors from the Ordovices though there may have been some Silures as well. 10. Wales was divided between a number of tribes, of which the Silures and the Ordovices put up the most stubborn resistance. 
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