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	Wikipedia: Silures
		They made a fierce resistance to the Roman conquest about AD 48, with the assistance of Caratacus, a military leader and prince of the Catuvellauni, who had fled from further west after his own tribe was defeated.
		To aid the Roman administration in keeping down local opposition, a legionary fortress (Isca Silurum, Caerleon) was planted in the midst of tribal territory, and by AD 78 they were overcome.
		Their town Venta Silurum (Caerwent, 6 miles west of Chepstow) became a Romanized town, not unlike Silchester, but smaller.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/s/si/silures.html (214 words)

	Caerleon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Caerleon is a site of considerable archaeological importance, being the site of a Roman legionary fortress (it was the headquarters for Legio II Augusta from about 75 to 300 AD) and an iron age hill fort.
		The name Caerleon is commonly thought to be from the Welsh for "fortress of the legion"; the Romans themselves called it Isca Silurum, "Usk of the Silures", after the Silures, the Celtic tribe that dwelt there.
		Substantial excavated Roman remains can be seen, including the military amphitheatre, one of the most impressive in Britain, and the bath house, with a modern museum in situ above it.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Isca_Silurum (861 words)

	Legio II Augusta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		II Augusta was in Isca Silurum (Caerleon, mark 3)
		The future Emperor Vespasian was the legion's commander at the time and led the campaign against the Durotriges tribe.
		After the defeat of Boudica, the legion was dispersed over several bases; from 66 to around 74 it was stationed at Glevum (modern Gloucester), and then moved to Isca Silurum (modern Caerleon), building a stone fortress that the soldiers occupied until the end of the 3rd century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Legio_II_Augusta (587 words)

	Did the Romans call Caerleon Isca Silurum? - Bob Trett investigates
		The Roman road passing through "Isca Silurum" to Caerwent and then to a crossing of the Severn is referred to as the "Via.
		The tribal capital of the Silures (the native tribe of South East Wales) was at Caerwent and was called "Venta Silurum".
		"Isca Silurum, the residence of the second Augustan legion, and the chief station of the Romans in the country of the Silures, now occupied by the small town of Caerleon".
	www.caerleon.net /history/name/silurum.html (847 words)

	Exeter
		It was then called ‘Caer-Ise’ and 'Caer Rydh,' the former derived from its situation on the river Ex or Ise, the latter from the red soil on which the castle is built.
		By the Romans it was called Isca Dumnoniorum, to distinguish it from the Isca Silurum in Wales.
		It is uncertain how long Exeter retained its appellation of Isca Dumnoniorum, but in the reign of Alfred it had acquired that of Exan-Cestre (castle on the Ex), whence its present name.
	www.oldtowns.co.uk /Devon/exeter.htm (1543 words)

	VENTA SILVRVM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		The name of the Roman town, Venta Silurum, means 'the market town of the Silures', and is partially carried through in the present name of the modern town Caer-went, which is Welsh for 'fortified place with a market'.
		The Roman town of Venta Silurum, the civitas capital of the Silures tribe, underlies the present town of Caerwent in Gwent.
		The main Roman road from the colonia at Glevum (Gloucester) to the legionary fortress at Isca Silurum (Caerleon) passed through the geometric centre of the settlement.
	www.roman-britain.org /places/venta_silurum.htm (1616 words)

	About Exeter
		The Latin name for Exeter, Isca Dumnoniorum ("Isca of the Dumnones"), suggests that the city was originally a Celtic oppidum, or town, on the banks on the River Exe prior to the foundation of the Roman city in about AD 50.
		Isca is clearly a Celtic generic noun and the Romans felt the need to label the city Isca Dumnoniorum, or the Isca of the Dumnonii, in order to distinguish it from such settlements as Isca Silurum (modern Caerleon-on-Usk in Monmouthshire).
		Isca Dumnoniorum was the most south-westerly Roman fortified settlement in England.
	www.exeterpropertyshop.com /about_exeter.htm (2039 words)

	Lliswerry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		She told me that the correct name for the 'castle walls', a prominent feature of Caerleon, was 'The Mynde', and was the first person to tell me of the distinguished history of Caerleon, or Isca Silurum as it was called in Roman times.
		It was the Roman fortress of Isca and the amphitheatre and barracks were already very famous.
		The reason for 'silurum' in the name, was a reference to the local population, the Silures over whom the garrisons had dominance.
	www.lliswerry.fsworld.co.uk /page8.htm (1171 words)

	Isca Morrismen Silver Jubilee Family Weekend
		As part of their twenty fifth anniversary celebrations, the Isca Morrismen held a very large family weekend of dancing with 17 groups travelling from all over the country to celebrate in South Wales.
		Caerleon (or Isca Silurum) means literally the Camp of the Legion.
		Here in Museum Street are the remains covering some 50 acres where 6,000 troops of the Roman 2nd Augustan Legion moved from the Rhine and established a stronghold in AD80 to subdue the Silurian inhabitants of the region.
	www.isca-morrismen.com /2001wknd.htm (562 words)

	Isca Morrismen Foreign Adventures - Pisek Articles
		Descendants of these old dancers established an ensemble in 1976 which they called the Isca Morrismen, after the Isca Silurum Roman fortress of the 2nd Augustan Legion which was built on the site of the town of Caerleon in the old county of Gwent in North East Wales.
		I hope the members will not be angry with me when I tell you that these are not 20 year old young men who inspired the women of Pisek into such admiration and commentary to their men.
		The ensemble Isca Morrismen perform at home (in Wales) and in other places in Europe, at the folk clubs, at festive celebrations and at big folk festivals and performances in all Europe, often satisfying the interests of TV and Radio.
	www.isca-morrismen.com /piseknews.htm (408 words)

	Exeter Did You Mean exeter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		In June 2005 it was singled out among towns with populations between 5,000 and 150,000 as the worst "clone town" in Great Britain.
		The Latin name for Exeter, Isca Dumnoniorum, suggests that the city was originally a Celtic oppidum, or town, on the banks on the River Exe before to the foundation of the Roman city in c.
		Such early towns, or proto-cities, had been a feature of pre-Roman Gaul as described by Julius Caesar in his Gallic Commentaries and it is not improbable that they existed in neighbouring Britain as well.
	www.did-you-mean.com /Exeter.html (2246 words)

	Witheridge in Roman Britain
		This small settlement was soon to grow, and become the legionary headquarters for the whole of the southwest, supplied and supported by the port of Topsham.
		It is possible that this remoteness and relative unimportance of the area was a contributing factor in the decision, late in the first century AD, to move the legion out of Exeter and eventually onto their new base at Caerleon, known to the Romans as Isca, in South Wales.
		In about AD67 the legion itself was transferred to a major new base at Isca Silurum (present day Caerleon, near Newport in South Wales) and the Exeter fortress was abandoned.
	www.witheridge-historical-archive.com /roman.htm (772 words)

	The Silures were a powerful and warlike tribe tribe of ancient...
		They made a fierce resistance to the Roman conquest about AD 48 AD 48, with the assistance of Caratacus Caratacus, a military leader and prince of the Catuvellauni Catuvellauni, who had fled from further west after his own tribe was defeated.
		To aid the Roman administration in keeping down local opposition, a legionary fortress (Isca Silurum, Caerleon Caerleon) was planted in the midst of tribal territory, and by AD 78 AD 78 they were overcome.
		Their town Venta Silurum (Caerwent Caerwent, 6 miles west of Chepstow Chepstow) became a Romanized town, not unlike Silchester Silchester, but smaller.
	www.biodatabase.de /Silures (250 words)

	Wikipedia: Caerleon
		Caerleon, Monmouthshire, is a suburb of Newport chiefly known as the site of a Roman legionary fortress.
		The name Caerleon ultimately means "fortress of the legion;" the Romans themselves called it Isca Silurum, "Usk of the Silures," after the Silures, the Celtic tribe that dwelt there.
		Substantial remains can still be seen, including the military amphitheatre, one of the most impressive in Britain, and the bath house, with a modern museum in situ above it.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/c/ca/caerleon.html (119 words)

	Silures - WCD (Wiki Classical Dictionary) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		During the Campaigns of Scapula and Gallus (AD48-54), Legions marched against the Silures who were supporting and sheltering the Catuvellaunian chieftain Caratacus who moved to the kingdom of the Ordovices.
		The Silures continued their fight for independence, until in circa 74ce the fortress of Isca Silurum was built[1] (http://www.roman-britain.org/places/isca_silurum.htm)and manned by Legio II Augusta.
		Venta Silurum (Caerwent, Gwent) is the Roman name given to the township of the Silures and an inscribed stone dated to 220ce known as the Civitas Silurum [2] (http://www.athenapub.com/rib0311.htm) seems to indicate that the Silures had their own tribal council.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /wcd/Silures (173 words)

	Caerleon Tourism - town
		Caerleon, or Caerllion, is thought to have been an important town in Britain even before the Romans arrived and turned it into a major fortress.
		They called it Isca Silurum and housed their Second Augustan Legion there.
		But Isca was not only a military base, it was a complete township with extensive baths and an amphitheatre - a dramatic setting still for theatre and festivals.
	www.caerleon-tourism.org /town.htm (205 words)

	Classical Gazetteer, page 186 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		Isca (Isaca, Celtice " water,"), I. a r.
		of the Damnonii, Brit., falling into the sea below Isca Damnoniorum.
		surnamed Silurum (Augusta Silurum), capital of the Silures, Brit., on Isca fl., s.w.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /gazetteer/0188.html (442 words)

	History of Wales Encyclopedia Articles @ OfficialTexts.com (Official Texts) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		The area was controlled by legionary bases at Deva (Chester) and Isca Silurum (Caerleon), with roads linking these bases to auxiliary forts such as Segontium (Caernarfon) and Maridunum (Carmarthen).
		Romans are only known to have established one town in Wales, Caerwent (Venta Silurum), but excavations have suggested that there may also have been a town at Carmarthen (Maridunum).
		Wales is thought to have been part of the Roman province of Britannia Superior and later of the province of Britannia Prima, which also included the West Country of England.
	www.officialtexts.com /encyclopedia/History_of_Wales (6603 words)

	Historic UK - the history of Wales - The Romans in Wales
		The Romans had completed their domination of South Wales by AD 90 and by that time they had erected a fort called Isca Silurum beside the River Usk.
		Isca Silurum is now known as Caerleon-on-Usk and is a suburb of Newport.
		Caerleon held a force of approximately 6000 men and outside its walls was erected a stone amphitheatre to hold gladiatorial combats.
	www.historic-uk.com /HistoryUK/Wales-History/RomansinWales.htm (363 words)

	King Arthur: The Geography--Caerleon
		But the temptation to say that Geoffrey placed Arthur close to his own home is great, especially since subsequent excavations have unearthed nothing suggesting use of the kind Geoffrey described at any time after the Roman withdrawal.
		Indeed, the Roman settlement was Isca Silurum, a legionary fortress.
		Ruined walls still show the layout of its buildings, and an amphitheatre can be found nearby.
	www.bonus.com /contour/king_arthur/http@@/www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/4186/Arthur/htmlpages/geography6.html (363 words)

	Isca Silurum; Or, An Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Antiquities at Caerleon. TOGETHER WITH: Supplement to ...
		Isca Silurum; Or, An Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Antiquities at Caerleon.
		Supplement to the “Isca Silurum”,.........,LEE, John Edward.,rare,antiquarian,book,manuscripts,first edition,technology,medicine,mathematics,science,ephemera">
		London; Supplement printed by Henry Mullock, Newport, for The Monmouthshire and Caerleon Antiquarian Association.
	www.rarevols.co.uk /pages/00001962.htm (56 words)

	Exeter History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
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		, Isca Dumnoniorum, suggests that the city was originally a Celtic oppidum, or town, on the banks on the River Exe before to the foundation of the Roman city in c.
		Isca Dumnoniorum was the most south-westerly Roman fortified settlement in
	www.polsloe.com /exeter_history.htm (573 words)

	Welcome to the Gladiator Inn, a welcoming pub set on the lane from Newport to the ancient Roman Town of Isca Silurum, ...
		Welcome to the Gladiator Inn, a welcoming pub set on the lane from Newport to the ancient Roman Town of Isca Silurum, modern Caerleon
		The Gladiator is a large and very friendly pub situated on the edge of the beautiful woodland of Grove Park with a reputation for fine food and drink.
		We currently run both adult and childrens football teams in the local leagues, two quiz teams and have three teams competing in the Newport & District and Cwmbran & District Pool leagues.
	www.thegladiatorinn.com /news.htm (143 words)

	A Linguistic Lexicon of the Mists of Avalon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		The Roman name, Isca Silurum (see below), is given on the map in The Forest House.
		This Roman name for Caerleon derived from Silures, the Latin name of the Celtic tribe in the region.
		Isca was the Latin form of "Usk" (Welsh Wysg), the river on which Caerleon lay.
	www.intothemists.com /commentaries/lexicon.htm (378 words)

	Roman Kempsey
		The Second Augustan Legion landed in Britain at the time of the Claudian invasion in 43AD under the command of the future Emperor Vespasian and fought its way through the southern part of the country.
		Eventually - some thirty years later - the legion established a major base at Isca Silurum (present day Caerleon, near Newport in South Wales).
		Thereafter detachments from it saw service in various parts of Britain (for example, in helping to build Hadrian's Wall and the Antonine Wall in Scotland) and Europe." It is possible that Kempsey was in their jurisdiction.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Academy/5386/roman.htm (737 words)

	ISCA SILVRVM
		Iter XIII: "the route from Isca to Calleva, one-hundred and nine thousand paces"; a road journey which again starts off with the nine mile road to Burrium (Usk, Gwent), then via Blestium (Monmouth, Gwent) a further eleven miles further along the north bank of the Severn Estuary.
		Iter XIV: "an alternative route from Isca to Calleva, one-hundred and three thousand paces", begins with a nine mile road trip to the civitas capital Venta Silurum (Caerwent, Gwent), followed by a fourteen mile journey across the Bristol Channel to Abona (Sea Mills, Avon).
		Situated on the south-western edge of the modern town of Caerleon in Gwent, the Isca Silurum legionary fortress had a standard, playing-card outline measuring 1,600 by 1,350 feet (c.
	www.roman-britain.org /places/isca_silurum.htm (4055 words)

	Caerleon Castle "Isca Silurum Roman Fort The Mynde" Newport Monmouthshire Gwent Wales Welsh
		Caerleon Castle "Isca Silurum Roman Fort The Mynde" Newport Monmouthshire Gwent Wales Welsh
		Caerleon Castle is an 11th century earthwork motte and bailey fortress, founded by Caradoc ap Gryffyd, Lord of Caerleon.
		For more information on the castle, go to its HomePage.
	www.castleuk.net /castle_lists_wales/171/caerleoncastle.htm (179 words)

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