SILURES  , a powerful and warlike tribe in See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, occupying approximately the counties of See also:

• MONMOUTH (Welsh Mynwy)
• MONMOUTH, BATTLE OF (1778)
• MONMOUTH, JAMES SCOTT
• MONMOUTH, ROBERT CAREY, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1560-1639)

Monmouth, See also:

• BRECON, or BRECKNOCK

Brecon and Glamorgan . They made a fierce resistance to the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest about A.U . 48, but a legionary fortress (Isca Silurum, Cwrleon) was planted in their midst and by A.D . 78 they were overcome . Their See also:

• TOWN

town Venta Silurum (Cmrwent, 6 m . W. of See also:

• CHEPSTOW

Chepstow) became a Romanized town, not unlike See also:

• SILCHESTER

Silchester, but smaller . Its massive Roman walls still survive, and See also:

• RECENT

recent excavations have revealed a town See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall and See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market square, a See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple, See also:

• BATHS

baths, See also:

• AMPHITHEATRE (Gr. 441, around, and O&arpov, a place for spectators)

amphitheatre, and many comfortable houses with mosaics, &c . An inscription shows that under the Roman See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire it was the chef-lieu of the Silures, whose ordo or See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council provided for the See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of the See also:

• DISTRICT

district . (F . J .