The Men Scryfa at Madron, Cornwall; inscribed RIALOBRANI CVNOVALI FILI and considered by Charles Thomas to probably date from the 6th century AD.pic.twitter.com/KrhY0QrYZw
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It's interesting to ponder -- one theory is that Badon was probably fought by Ambrosius Aurelianus (based on a re-examination of the MS), but that he was too 'Roman' (and had some odd folklore associated with him by the 9thC!), so the author of the HB 'created' a British hero >
> for contemporary British/Welsh kings to emulate by historicising Arthur with Badon and a selection of other battles (with subsequent references to a 'historical Arthur' arguably being derivative of the Historia Brittonum)...
(This is, fwiw, the Padel–Green–Higham model of the development of the early Arthurian legend; other competing theories are, of course, available...! ;) )
The chronology is horribly difficult and confused; arguably our only possibly reliable guide is Gildas, who says that AA started the British offensive that ended in Badon; the Vortigern-Ambrosius connection mainly comes from the HB which can't be used a history, I fear :)
I've argued (very tentatively!) that Lincoln might work best, esp as most probable 'real' battles in HB after Badon are the four in 'the country of Linnuis' (from British 'Lindes', root also of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom-name 'Lindissi' = Lincolnshire) e.g.https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/759698675996037120 …
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