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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 109 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SILURES , a powerful and warlike tribe in See also:

ancient See also:Britain, occupying approximately the counties of See also:Monmouth, See also:Brecon and Glamorgan. They made a fierce resistance to the See also:Roman See also:conquest about A.U. 48, but a legionary fortress (Isca Silurum, Cwrleon) was planted in their midst and by A.D. 78 they were overcome. Their See also:town Venta Silurum (Cmrwent, 6 m. W. of See also:Chepstow) became a Romanized town, not unlike See also:Silchester, but smaller. Its massive Roman walls still survive, and See also:recent excavations have revealed a town See also:hall and See also:market square, a See also:temple, See also:baths, See also:amphitheatre, and many comfortable houses with mosaics, &c. An inscription shows that under the Roman See also:Empire it was the chef-lieu of the Silures, whose ordo or See also:county See also:council provided for the See also:local See also:government of the See also:district. (F. J.

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