UNLOCKED: Myth of the Month 12, Finale: The Historical King Arthur
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The Origin of Rheothemus in the Dark Ages
In the breton or welsh dialect that it comes from, it might be a superlative meaning greatest king, or king of kings. We don't know much in detail about rheothemus, but it seems that he probably was a kind of supre leader of some sort of celto roman alliance or confederation. There are two documents that give us all the recorded information we have about this very mysterious figure. But it seems as if it might fit with geoffrey of monmouth'sdcip on of arthur in his career.
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