Suetonius Paulinus spent two years subduing the Ordovices of central and north Wales before his assault on Anglesey in 60 AD. The Ordovices were mountain fighters who used the Cambrian ranges as effectively as the Silures used the valleys of the south. Paulinus's methodical reduction of their resistance — cutting roads, destroying food supplies, securing river crossings — allowed him to approach the Menai Strait.
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