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.)
[
T.H.D]