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Myth of the Month 12: The Arthur Cycle -- pt. 1: Creating "King Arthur"

Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong

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Is This a Christian Warrior?

Historia britanum lists off 12 battles that arthur fought and supposedly won. For each battle, the historia gives a location somewhere in britain. But these locations are all very unclear. Most of them have short celtic place names that either are just completely lost or could refer to a number of different places around greatbritain. The only one that has any corroboration is the final one, mount baden.

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