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ORDOVICES

Eth. ORDOVICES (Ὀρδούῒκες, Ptol. 2.3.18), a people on the W. coast of Britannia Romana, opposite to the island of Mona. They occupied the NW. portion of Wales, or that lying between Cardigan Bay and the river Dee, viz., Montgomeryshire, Merionethshire, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, and Flintshire. (Camden, p. 777; Tac. Ann. 12.33, Agric. 18.)

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    • Tacitus, Annales, 12.33
    • Claudius Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, 2.3
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