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The Ordovices were a Celtic mountain people in north Wales. Together with the Silures they were among Rome's most stubborn opponents on the island.
The mountainous land made the Ordovices hard to attack. They too supported the resistance of Caratacus. Even decades later they dared revolts – until the governor Agricola punished the people harshly.
Their territory lay near Anglesey (Mona), the sacred centre of the British druids. When Rome attacked the island and burned the groves, it struck the religious heart of Celtic Britain.
"Agricola marched against the Ordovices, who had almost destroyed the whole people."after Tacitus, Agricola 18 (public domain, own translation)
The Ordovices stand for Celtic resistance and the druid world. Continue with the Silures and druids.
The Silures · The Caledonians · The Druids · The Britons · Celtic Religion.
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