He subdued the Silures and other tribes of Wales hostile to Roman invasion, establishing a new base at Caerleon or Isca Augusta for Legio II Augusta and a network of smaller forts fifteen to twenty kilometres apart for his auxiliary units.
Businesslike was not successful as a racer, losing both of her two starts, she proved a success in the breeding shed; her direct descendants include Busher, Easy Goer, Smarty Jones, Caerleon, Sea Hero, Go For Gin, Pleasant Tap, Mineshaft, Lite Light, Woodman, Princess Rooney, Prairie Bayou, Rhythm, Folklore, Shakespeare to name just a few.
(b) the main Roman army bases: the three permanent fortresses housing the legions (castra legionaria): York (Eboracum), base of the Ninth Legion: Legio IX Hispana, later the Sixth: Legio VI Victrix; Chester (Deva), base of the Twentieth: Legio XX Valeria Victrix; and Caerleon (Isca Augusta), base of the Second: Legio II Augusta.
After World War II it was transferred to Caerleon in 1948, and it was then moved to its present venue in 1949.
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The school's catchment area covers Primary Schools in Caerleon and Ponthir, along with Langstone Primary School, Usk Junior School and some students from central Newport schools.
Isca is derived from a Brythonic Celtic word for flowing water, which was given to the Exe as well as to the River Usk (Welsh: Afon Wysg) in South Wales, on which Caerleon (known to the Romans as Isca Augusta) stands.
A 9th century charter found in the Book of Llandaff mentions a "Merthir Iun et Aaron," or "sanctified cemetery of Julius and Aaron" at Caerleon.
Roman Wales was the farthest point west that the Roman Empire in Roman Britain extended to, and as a defence point the fortress at Caerleon, built in 75 AD, was one of only three permanent Roman Legionary fortresses in Roman Britain.
They had two sons, Richard Seys, of Boverton and Swansea, and Alexander Seys of The Gaer House and Caerleon (or Caerlleon); as well as a daughter, Elizabeth.