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Ostorius dies unexpectedly in 52, supposedly "worn …
Years: 52 - 52
Ostorius dies unexpectedly in 52, supposedly "worn out with care" as Tacitus puts it, leaving Rome with a growing problem on its British frontiers.
It has been claimed that his final resting place is in Clawdd Coch in the Vale of Glamorgan, southeast Wales.
Silurian raids continue, defeating a legion led by Gaius Manlius Valens, before Aulus Didius Gallus arrives as replacement governor.
The complete pacification of the area will be achieved only twenty-five years later by Sextus Julius Frontinus in a series of campaigns ending about 78 CE.
Tacitus wrote of the Silures: non atrocitate, non clementia mutabatur — "changed neither by cruelty nor by clemency".
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- Catuvellauni (Celtic tribe)
- Silures (Celtic tribe)
- Ordovices (Celtic tribe)
- Brigantes (Celtic tribe )
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- Classical antiquity
- Pre-Roman Iron Age of Northern Europe
- Roman Age Optimum
- Pax Romana
- Roman Conquest of Britain
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Years: 52 - 52
Locations
People
Groups
- Catuvellauni (Celtic tribe)
- Silures (Celtic tribe)
- Ordovices (Celtic tribe)
- Brigantes (Celtic tribe )
Topics
- Classical antiquity
- Pre-Roman Iron Age of Northern Europe
- Roman Age Optimum
- Pax Romana
- Roman Conquest of Britain
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions