Bryn Celli Ddu ;the mound in a dark grove Anglesey Wales. In AD 60 the Romans launched a fierce assault on Anglesey, the island they called Mona Insula. This fateful day had been a long time coming. It was the Roman emperor Claudius who had first ordered a full-scale invasion of Britain, back in AD 43. His disciplined, professional legions won control of southern Britain within four years - but it took much longer to subdue the west. As the Romans advanced, Britons such as the rebellious leader Caratacus withdrew westwards to the Welsh mountains, where they stiffened resistance. Tribes such as the Silures of South Wales and the Ordovices and Deceangli of the North fought a long war of attrition. Anglesey became a centre of resistance. Some historians suggest that the Roman troops crossed the Lafan sands, at the northeastern approaches to the Menai Strait. Others believe they tackled the narrower southwestern section of the Strait, nearer Caernarfon. We know that the cavalry swam their horses over, while flat-bottomed boats carried the infantry. The Dark Mound lies between the two, and is one of 89 Megalithic sites on the isle of Anglesy. The events that took place that fateful day are recounted here in the words of Tacitus the Roman historian: "On the beach stood the adverse array, a serried mass of arms and men, with women flitting between the ranks. In the style of Furies, in robes of deathly black and with dishevelled hair, they brandished their torches; while a circle of Druids, lifting their hands to heaven and showering imprecations, struck the troops with such an awe at the extraordinary spectacle that it was as though their limbs were paralysed, they exposed their bodies to wounds without an attempt at movement." Reassured by their general, and inciting each other never to flinch before a band of females and fanatics, the Romans then charged behind the standards, cut down all who met them, and enveloped the enemy in his own flames. #Pagan #Sprituality #F...