The Coritani (Corieltauvi) of Leicestershire appear to have submitted to Rome with relatively little organised resistance, but the hillforts of Charnwood Forest — including Beacon Hill — were occupied and disarmed under Ostorius Scapula's disarmament campaign of AD 47. Tacitus records that Scapula ordered all tribes within the new Roman province to surrender their weapons, leading to risings among several groups. The Charnwood hillforts represent the easternmost defended positions of the Midland tribes.
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