The History of the Britons (Latin: Historia Brittonum) is a purported history of early Britain written around 828 that survives in numerous recensions...

two early medieval historical sources, the Annales Cambriae and the Historia Brittonum, but these date to 300 years after he is supposed to have lived, and...

founder and first king of Britain. This legend first appears in the Historia Brittonum, an anonymous 9th-century historical compilation to which commentary...

He has traditionally been attributed with the authorship of the Historia Brittonum, based on the prologue affixed to that work. This attribution is widely...

447, suggesting that these dates are calculated approximations. The Historia Brittonum (History of the Britons) was attributed until recently to Nennius...

figure. The first definite mention of Arthur appears circa 828 in the Historia Brittonum, where he is presented as a military leader fighting against the invading...

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, entry for 547. Historia Brittonum, ch. 56. Newton, p. 68 Historia Brittonum, ch. 57. Historia Brittonum, ch. 63. Morris-Jones, John (1918)...

invading white dragon, at Dinas Emrys. The story continues in the Historia Brittonum, written around AD 829, where Gwrtheyrn, King of the Britons is frustrated...

Hispania (Spain)", attested in a passage (§ 13) in the 9th-century work Historia Brittonum ("The History of the Britons") by Nennius. As A.G. van Hamel has suggested...

invention of medieval Christian writers. The 9th century Latin work Historia Brittonum (History of the Britons) says that Ireland was settled by three groups...

similarity of pronunciation. She is first mentioned in the 9th century Historia Brittonum (traditionally attributed to Nennius) as the lovely unnamed daughter...

Anglo-Saxons, and Britons of the 'Old North' alike. According to the Historia Brittonum, Urien, with three other kings confederate with him, nearly exterminated...

geographical onomasticon composed in Latin in the ninth century, the Historia Brittonum. A passing reference in the elegy Gwarchan Cynfelyn (7th century)...

This is an incomplete list of the wars and battles between the Anglo-Saxons who later formed into the Kingdom of England and the Britons (the pre-existing...

centuries later in the semi-mythological histories of the Historia Brittonum and the Historia Regum Britanniae. Though a popular cautionary tale in medieval...

was a historical person, his name first appears in the 9th-century Historia Brittonum, where he is mentioned as having participated in the battle alongside...

earliest surviving version of the story is found in the 9th century Historia Brittonum. It describes an unnamed Scythian nobleman, driven from his kingdom...

one week. The earliest surviving reference to Partholón is in the Historia Brittonum, a 9th-century British Latin compilation attributed to Nennius. It...

manuscripts, the only medieval work to make use of it was the 9th-century Historia Brittonum, which nonetheless assured it a wide diffusion. The Table itself is...

Conquestu Britanniae, Bede's 8th-century Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, the 9th-century Historia Brittonum ascribed to Nennius, the 10th-century...

Arthur's dog Cabal's pawprint, preserved in rock, in the Latin tract of Historia Brittonum (9th century). The print was preserved in rock while the dog was pursuing...

independently in the legends of the Britons, beginning with the 9th-century Historia Brittonum. Eventually, he was transformed by Geoffrey of Monmouth into the uncle...

sixth century. He is probably best remembered for his role in the Historia Brittonum as an ally of Urien Rheged. As with many figures of this period, he...

taken from one of Geoffrey's primary sources, the early 9th-century Historia Brittonum attributed to Nennius. In this source, Ambrosius was discovered when...

Faust's name and persona remains unclear.[dubious – discuss] In the Historia Brittonum, Faustus is the offspring of an incestuous marriage between king Vortigern...

father of Penda, with no additional detail. Pybba is said by the Historia Brittonum to have had 12 sons. Cearl, a Mercian king, is mentioned by Bede,...

number of ancient British texts, including the 9th-century Historia Brittonum. The Historia Brittonum is the earliest known source of the story of Brutus of...

Malua is a river in ancient North Africa mentioned in the Historia Brittonum and Historia Regum Britanniae. In these accounts, it lies west of the Mountains...

reliability for this period are unclear, and in the early ninth-century Historia Brittonum, which adds a little more possibly reliable information to Bede's...

divorce his Saxon bride. The pedigree of king Aella of Deira given in Historia Brittonum includes the name "Sguerthing" as great-grandfather of the king, and...