Most references to Wales come to us from Tacitus....outside our timeline but the major source on this subject...as there is little or no historical record re:Wales(Cambria/Cambrensis/Cymru)prior to him.....
Silures lands extended from Wye to South-Western peninsula...which the Demetae occupied(other group Octapitae is also from this area...St.David's head named after them...apparently).
Ordovices controlled most opf Mid-Wales...and may have had land in Snowdonia/North-West.
Other Northern tribes were...Gangani,Decanti and Deceangli!
Demetae...do not appear in Tacitus record...and there are no certain forts in their territory...possibly they co-operated with the Romans.
Silures and Ordovices were opposed to Rome and not subjugated until the campaigns of 74-78 AD.Deceangli fought against Rome in 48...but had probably been brought to heel by Anglesey campaign of 60AD.
Silures were a major thorn in Romans side...as Tacitus relates the wars with Caratacus....easily as important in British History/Folklore as Boudicca!
Above referenced from The Roman frontier in Wales...V.E.Nash-Williams.
A quote from...Britannia by Sheppard Frere..
"The Silures in South-East Wales,guided at first by Caratacus' brilliant leadership,were to prove themselves the toughest and most successful opponents which the Roman army was to encounter in these islands,and herein they were assisted by the character of the terrain."
When implementing Anglesey(Mon,Ynys Mon,Mona)please make sure to have a good grain and copper resource....also copper at Gt.Ormes head,mid coast....and lead mines in NE wales.
Maybe Mon should have a druid unit?even if like TR you have them as not buildable.
from Britannia again...."They were by far the most famous people in Wales" referencing the Silures and Frontinus campaign against them.
Also a suggestion that the Silures were more hispanic in nature than their neighbours....as they were darker skinned and had probably been Celticized fairly late...referenced Culture and Enviroment in Prehistoric Wales...ed.J.A.Taylor
As a footnote...worked as a guide/Archaeologist asst. at Gt.Orme Copper Mine...while at Bangor University(History,Welsh History,Archaeology....in first year....dropped out 2nd year due to family problems.
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