Ordovices
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Richard Talbert, Michael Heubel, Maxime Guénette, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, Ryan Horne
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Last modified
Feb 14, 2025 10:27 AM
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History
A Pre-Roman Celtic tribe inhabiting part of what is now Wales, the Ordovices' territory was bonded by the Silures to the south and the Deceangli to the north-east.
500 km
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79630
52.7119954398, -3.50417768367
- Representative Locations:
- BAtlas Map Label Location (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 1860 meters.
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- Ordovices (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
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map label location, people, tribe (historical cultural group)
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 8 D2 Ordovices
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: central Wales
A.S. Esmonde Cleary, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Richard Talbert, Michael Heubel, Maxime Guénette, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, and Ryan Horne, 'Ordovices: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79630> [accessed: 20 March 2025]
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Classical authors never called Britons Celtic!