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  2. Groans of the Britons - Wikipedia

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    The appeal is first referenced in Gildas' 6th-century De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae; [3] Gildas' account was later repeated in chapter 13 of Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum. [4] According to Gildas, the message was addressed to "Agitius", who is generally identified with the general Flavius Aetius. [4]

  3. De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae - Wikipedia

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    De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae (Latin: On the Ruin and Conquest of Britain, sometimes just On the Ruin of Britain) is a work written in Latin in the late fifth or sixth century by the British religious polemicist Gildas.

  4. Dogs of Roman Britain - Wikipedia

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    Dogs are often portrayed in religion with the gods or goddess they are attributed to. Despite worship for the goddess Nehalennia extending farther than the English Channel, the imagery of the deity with a lap-dog alongside her is frequently associated with the protection of merchants sailing from the Rhine and Mosel to Britain. [3]

  5. Cassivellaunus - Wikipedia

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    Cassivellaunus appears as Caswallawn, son of Beli Mawr, in the Welsh Triads, the Mabinogion, and the Welsh versions of Geoffrey's Historia Regum Britanniae known as Brut y Brenhinedd. In the Second Branch of the Mabinogi, he appears as a usurper, who seizes the throne of Britain while the rightful king, Bran the Blessed, is at war in Ireland.

  6. Battle of Badon - Wikipedia

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    The earliest mention of the Battle of Badon appears in Gildas' De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae (On the Ruin and Conquest of Britain), written in the early to mid-6th century. In it, the Anglo-Saxons are said to have "dipped [their] red and savage tongue in the western ocean" before Ambrosius Aurelianus organized a British resistance with the ...

  7. Riothamus - Wikipedia

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    Geoffrey Ashe has suggested a link between Riothamus' alleged betrayal by Arvandus and Arthur's betrayal by Mordred in the Historia Regum Britanniae, and proposes that Riothamus' last known position was near the Burgundian town of Avallon (not noted by any ancient source mentioning Riothamus), which he suggests is the basis for the Arthurian ...

  8. Britannia - Wikipedia

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    The Armada Memorial in Plymouth depicting Britannia. The image of Britannia (/ b r ɪ ˈ t æ n i ə /) is the national personification of Britain as a helmeted female warrior holding a trident and shield. [1]

  9. List of legendary kings of Britain - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of Cadwaladr Fendigaid from Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae. Cadwaladr was also a historical king. The following list of legendary kings of Britain (Welsh: Brenin y Brythoniaid, Brenin Prydain) derives predominantly from Geoffrey of Monmouth's circa 1136 work Historia Regum Britanniae ("the History of the Kings of Britain").