It is my pleasure to reblog of THE AGE OF ARTHUR, PART FIFTEEN: THE CITY OF LEGIONS from the website, The Deadliest Blogger: Military History Page. Also check out the previous posts on this subject.
Unique among the territories of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century, Britain succeeded in holding back and even reversing the tide of Germanic conquest for nearly two centuries. This was an age of heroes… It was the Age of Arthur!
This is the fifteenth-part of our discussion of Britain in the 5th though the mid-6th Century A.D. It is a fascinating period, with the Classical civilization of Greece and Rome giving way to the Germanic “Dark Ages”; the sunset of Celtic-Roman culture in Britain.
(Read Part Fourteen here. Or start from the beginning, with Part One!)
THE CITY OF THE LEGION
Continuing on, we are attempting to piece-together a hypothetical career of Arthur, the historical basis for the legendary king. At present, we are drawing upon the work of the 9th century Welsh monk, Nennius. In chapter 56 of his Historia Brittonum (c. 830), he discusses twelve battles fought…
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