Silures
Silures (Latinized form)
The Silures are associated with southeastern Wales through Roman accounts and later civic geography. Llanmelin provides a possible pre-conquest regional center, while Caerwent records the creation and development of Venta Silurum under Roman rule.
Géographie historique, échelle communautaire et transformation ultérieure
Géographie historique
Silurian contexts are conventionally placed in southeastern Wales. Llanmelin and Caerwent offer archaeological and civic reference points, not the borders of a uniform ethnic territory.
Organisation politique et échelle communautaire
Roman texts describe leaders and warfare but not a full Silurian constitution. Archaeology suggests multiple settlements; the later civitas at Venta Silurum used a council within Roman provincial administration.
Transformation de l'époque romaine et réception ultérieure
Venta Silurum developed into a walled market and administrative town. Later Welsh history and identity cannot be projected unchanged onto people known mainly through Roman labels.
A possible pre-conquest center and a documented Roman civitas town, not interchangeable capitals.
The literary evidence must be attributed and cannot stand as neutral ethnography.
The town documents Roman administrative form and local life after conquest, not a simple replacement population.
Uma cronologia breve e documentada
Ces repères servent d'orientation et ne constituent pas une histoire complète.
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Communities occupy fortified and rural settlements
Llanmelin and other sites document settlement before Roman civic institutions, without revealing one centralized government.
Langue, culture matérielle et contact en contexte
Langues mentionnées dans ce profil
- Brittonic language context inferred from names
- Latin in inscriptions and civic administration
Famille linguistique: Brittonic Celtic context and Latin
Llanmelin’s chronology and position make it a possible predecessor context, not a proven tribal capital.
Tacitus’s descriptions belong to a Roman political and military narrative.
Caerwent’s forum, homes, temple, and walls document local civic life within the empire.
A named people, coin distribution, object style, language inference, or Roman administrative unit cannot by itself establish a fixed ethnic identity or territorial population.
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Sources utilisées pour cette page
Prefer excavated evidence, national and local museum collections, heritage authorities, university research projects, and explicitly attributed ancient testimony. Treat reported populations, speeches, ethnic characterizations, and campaign narratives as claims made in particular sources.
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C1
Britain and Europe, 800 BC–AD 43
British Museum · National museum gallery · Current collection
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C2
Roman Britain
British Museum · National museum gallery · Current collection
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C3
Iron Age Teachers’ Pack
Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales · National museum educational resource · Current educational resource
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C4
Romans in Scotland: major archaeological sites
National Museums Scotland · National museum interpretive resource · Current resource
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C5
Prehistoric Ireland
National Museum of Ireland · National museum exhibition · Current exhibition
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C6
Iron Age divination spoon discovered on the Isle of Man
Manx National Heritage · National heritage research notice · 2025
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C7
The Roman invasion of Britain
English Heritage · National heritage authority · Current interpretive resource
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C8
Investigating the Picts
Historic Environment Scotland · National heritage research essay · 2017
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S1
Caer-went Roman Town
Cadw · Welsh national heritage authority · Current site record
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S2
Iron Age Wales: Gods and War
Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales · National museum educational resource · Current educational resource
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S3
The Romans in Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales · National museum collection · Current collection resource
Revisión editorial: 1 août 2026