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What happened to druids on the island of Mona in 59 or 60 CE?
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In 59 or 60 CE, the Roman governor Suetonius Paulinus led a military campaign to the island of Anglesey—historically known as Mona—which served as a final stronghold for druids and other resistance forces. During this expedition, Roman forces carried out a massacre of the Britons present on the island, which included the killing of the druids. This event was part of a broader Roman effort to suppress the influence of druids, who were viewed as significant religious and political figures in Iron Age Britain and Gaul.12