What Silures Means

Definition of Silures : a people of ancient Britain described by Tacitus as occupying chiefly southern Wales.

Where do Silures come from?

The Latin word Silures is of Celtic origin, perhaps derived from the Common Celtic root *sīlo-, ‘seed’. Words derived from this root in Celtic languages (e.g. Old Irish síl, Welsh hil) are used to mean ‘blood-stock, descendants, lineage, offspring’, as well as ‘seed’ in the vegetable sense.

Where did the Ordovices come from?

The Ordovices were one of the Celtic tribes living in Great Britain before the Roman invasion. Their tribal lands were located in present-day North Wales and England, between the Silures to the south and the Deceangli to the north-east.