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==History== The Demetae are mentioned in [[Ptolemy]]'s ''[[Geographia (Ptolemy)|Geographia]]'', as being west of the [[Silures]]. He mentions two of their towns, [[Moridunum (Carmarthen)|Moridunum]] (modern [[Carmarthen]]) and [[Luentinum]] (identified as the [[Dolaucothi Gold Mines]] near [[Pumsaint]], Carmarthenshire).<ref>[[Ptolemy]], ''[[Geographia (Ptolemy)|Geographia]]'' [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Periods/Roman/_Texts/Ptolemy/2/2*.html 2.2]; [http://www.roman-britain.co.uk/tribes/demetae/ Demetae] at [http://www.roman-britain.co.uk Roman-Britain.co.uk]</ref> They are not mentioned in [[Tacitus]]' accounts of Roman warfare in Wales, which concentrate on their neighbours the Silures and [[Ordovices]]. [[Vortiporius]], "tyrant of the Demetae", is one of the kings condemned by [[Gildas]] in his 6th century polemic ''[[De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae]]''.<ref>[[Gildas]], ''De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae'' [[s:The Ruin of Britain#31|31]]</ref> This probably signifies the [[Sub-Roman Britain|sub-Roman]] [[petty kingdom]] of [[Kingdom of Dyfed|Dyfed]].
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