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Roman Period

Veranius Campaign against the Silures, 58 AD

58
Wales
Era
Roman Period
Battle Type
Raid
Location
Wales
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Silures
VS
Victor
Rome (Veranius)
Forces involved

Roman forces under governor Quintus Veranius Nepos

the Silures of south Wales

Outcome
Inconclusive; Veranius died during the campaign before the Silures were subdued.
The Battle

History & Significance

AD 57 (LVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Piso (or, less frequently, year 810 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 57 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Envoys from Cilicia come to Rome to accuse their late governor, Cossutianus Capito, of extortion; the Roman Senate is supported in the case by Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus.

In Britain, Quintus Veranius Nepos becomes governor in place of Aulus Didius Gallus. He begins a campaign against the Silures of south Wales.

Also in Britain Venutius begins his rebellion against his wife Cartimandua.

Emperor Guang Wu grants Nakoku (located around modern-day Fukuoka City) a golden seal, being the oldest evidence of writing in Japan. In return King Na sends an envoy to China.

March 29 – Guang Wu dies after a 32-year reign and is succeeded by his son Han Mingdi.

Paul of Tarsus writes his Second Epistle to the Corinthians and his Epistle to the Romans (probable date).

Approximate location. The precise site is not recorded in the surviving sources, so the marker shows the best available identification.
The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Veranius Campaign against the Silures, 58 AD lies on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

Buried history

Quintus Veranius Nepos, newly appointed as governor of Roman Britain in AD 57, wasted little time in taking the fight to the Silures of south Wales, a tribe whose ferocity and stubborn resistance had already seen them defeat Roman forces and frustrate successive governors; yet Veranius himself died before his campaign could be brought to a conclusion, leaving the conquest of these formidable warriors unfinished.

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Scheduled Monuments near Veranius Campaign against the Silures, 58 AD

Rhos-Dyrnog Standing Stone
Rhos-Dyrnog Standing Stone
Scheduled monument · Prehistoric · ~1.5 mi

Rhos-Dyrnog Standing Stone is a prehistoric standing stone located in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled ancient monument under reference MG147. Like other upright stones of its type, it likely dates to the Bronze Age or earlier, serving ceremonial, territorial or commemorative purposes w…

Mike Parker / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Moelfre round barrow
Moelfre round barrow
Scheduled monument · Prehistoric · ~2 mi

Moelfre round barrow is a prehistoric burial monument situated in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference MG311. The barrow was constructed on bedrock comprising Llandovery rocks—an undifferentiated sequence of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone formed during the Llandovery period of the Palae…

Rudi Winter / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Moel Eiddew platform cairn
Moel Eiddew platform cairn
Scheduled monument · Prehistoric · ~2.4 mi

Moel Eiddew is a platform cairn situated on bedrock of Llandovery age sandstone and conglomerate. This type of monument dates to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age and consists of a flat or gently sloping platform constructed from stone, typically used for burial or ritual purposes. The underlying…

Steven Brown / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Domen Fawr Castle Mound Tafolwern
Domen Fawr Castle Mound Tafolwern
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~2.6 mi

Domen Fawr Castle Mound Tafolwern is a medieval motte, a type of fortification consisting of an earthen mound surmounted by a wooden or stone structure. The mound sits upon bedrock of Llandovery rocks, undifferentiated Llandovery-period mudstone, siltstone and sandstone that forms the underlying…

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales from Wales/Cymru / No restrictions / Wikimedia Commons
Ceffig Caerau Stone Circle
Ceffig Caerau Stone Circle
Scheduled monument · Prehistoric · ~3.4 mi

Ceffig Caerau Stone Circle is a prehistoric stone circle in Wales, protected by Cadw under reference MG066. The monument stands upon bedrock of Llandovery age, composed of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone that underlies the site. These sedimentary rocks, formed in the early Palaeozoic period, pr…

Jeremy Bolwell / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Lled Croen-yr-Ych Stone Circle
Lled Croen-yr-Ych Stone Circle
Scheduled monument · Prehistoric · ~3.4 mi

Lled Croen-yr-Ych Stone Circle is a prehistoric monument situated on Llandovery bedrock in Wales. The underlying geology of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone, laid down during the Llandovery period, forms the foundation upon which this circle was constructed. Stone circles of this type typically…

Jeremy Bolwell / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Fron Goch hillfort
Scheduled monument · Prehistoric · ~1.7 miles
Factory-isaf, Abercegir: Fulling mill wheel and machinery
Scheduled monument · Post Medieval · ~3 miles
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