Ostorius Scapula pushed reconnaissance columns into the Usk valley attempting to fix and destroy the Silures. Each advance found only ambushes, burning crops, and retreating warriors who refused the pitched battle Roman arms required. Tacitus records Scapula complaining that the Silures were impossible to destroy — they reformed after every reverse, recruited from other tribes, and used the mountains as an inexhaustible refuge.
Auxiliary cohorts with cavalry support pushing up the Usk toward the Black Mountains
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