Immediately before Agricola's arrival as governor, the Ordovices ambushed and destroyed an entire Roman cavalry regiment (ala) — an extraordinary feat. This defeat triggered Agricola's punitive campaign against them in the same season. The location is unknown but likely in the mountains of north-west Wales (Snowdonia / Merionethshire). The last recorded military action by the Ordovices before their destruction as a tribe.
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