Silures

American  

[sil-yuh-reez] / ˈsɪl yəˌriz /

plural noun

1. a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.

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Silures British  

/ saɪˈlʊəriːz /

plural noun

1. a powerful and warlike tribe of ancient Britain, living chiefly in SE Wales, who fiercely resisted Roman invaders in the 1st century _a.d

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Example Sentences

Cambrian comes from the Roman name for Wales, while Ordovician and Silurian recall ancient Welsh tribes, the Ordovices and Silures.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

We would supply it by comparing this description with that of Britannia Secunda in the second section, and read "Sabrina et Deva," &c., by the Severn and the Dee from the Silures and Ordovices.

From Old English Chronicles by Various

As were the Brigantes, so were the Iceni; as were the Iceni, so were the Silures and Ordovices.

From The Ethnology of the British Islands by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

Ostorius the Roman general, after a war of nine years, overcame Caractacus king of the Silures, great part of Britain was reduced into a province, and the colony of Camalodunum founded.

From Old English Chronicles by Various

Arthur, king of the Silures, being selected by Ambrosius for the command of the army, he defeated the Saxons in twelve pitched battles.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John