• evidence concerning the life of Nennius, he has become the subject of legend himself. Welsh traditions include Nennius with Elbodug and others said to...
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  • own troops and Nennius faced Caesar in single combat. Caesar struck Nennius a blow to the head, but his sword got stuck in Nennius's shield. After they...
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  • attributing authorship to Nennius have since been disputed by subsequent scholars. Repudiating the so-called vindication of Nennius in 1890 by the Celtic...
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  • The Trojan genealogy of Nennius was written in the Historia Brittonum of Nennius and was created to merge Greek mythology with Christian themes. As a description...
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  • Nennius was a Welsh monk of the 9th century traditionally considered to be author of the Historia Brittonum. Nennius may also refer to: Nennius of Britain...
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    Vortigern, has the king served by magicians. This detail derives from Nennius, though Nennius was talking about Vortigern's "wise men". They may not have been...
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    appeared in the 9th-century History of the Britons traditionally credited to Nennius: The account relates that a mission from the pope baptised "Lucius, the...
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  • Historia Brittonum (The History of the Britons), attributed to the Welsh monk Nennius, in which the soldier (Latin mīles) Arthur is identified as the leader...
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    anonymous 9th-century historical compilation to which commentary was added by Nennius, but is best known from the account given by the 12th-century chronicler...
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  • ISBN 9780708319536. John Morris, Nennius: British History and the Welsh Annals (Phillimore, London & Chichester 1980), pp. 3–5. J. Morris, Nennius: British History and...
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    -chester. The eighth century Welsh monastic author of the Historia Brittonum, Nennius, recorded 28 civitates, which together make up a large proportion of the...
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    Ecclesiastical History of the English People and Nennius' Historia Brittonum. According to Nennius, the Bernician royal line begins with Ida, son of...
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    Nennius, a monk from Bangor, Gwynedd, and was probably compiled during the early 9th century. The writer mentions a great number of sources. Nennius wrote...
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    Archived 21 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 2010. Nennius (attrib.). Theodor Mommsen (ed.). Historia Brittonum, VI. Composed after...
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    fighting, Cassibelanus's brother Nennius encounters Caesar and sustains a severe head wound. Caesar's sword gets stuck in Nennius's shield, and when the two are...
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    Phillimore & Co, Chichester (includes full text of The Annales Cambriae & Nennius) Phillimore, Egerton (1888), "The Annales Cambriae and Old Welsh Genealogies...
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    Ninnidh (redirect from Saint Nennius)
    Ninnidh the Pious, Irish: Ninnidh leth derc, meaning one-eyed Ninnidh, Nennius, Nennidhius, Ninnaid) was a 6th-century Irish Christian saint. St. Ninnidh...
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    Britons at Badon Hill against the Saxons, which was attributed to Arthur by Nennius. Having lost much of what is now the West Midlands to Mercia in the 6th...
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    BC; FFE 1317–1287 BC In the Irish version of the Historia Britonum of Nennius, the chief men of science of the Tuatha Dé Danann are listed with their...
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    20 of Stevenson's 1838 edition of Nennius's works. Bishop Ussher cites another passage in Nennius: "Here, says Nennius, Constantius the Emperor (the father...
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  • Historia Brittonum, a 9th-century British Latin compilation attributed to Nennius. It says that Ireland was settled three times by three different groups...
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    Mempricius Merianus Merlin Millus Mordred Morgause Morvidus Myrddin Wyllt Nennius of Britain Octa of Kent Oenus Oswald of Northumbria Oswiu of Northumbria...
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    Mempricius Merianus Merlin Millus Mordred Morgause Morvidus Myrddin Wyllt Nennius of Britain Octa of Kent Oenus Oswald of Northumbria Oswiu of Northumbria...
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    Mempricius Merianus Merlin Millus Mordred Morgause Morvidus Myrddin Wyllt Nennius of Britain Octa of Kent Oenus Oswald of Northumbria Oswiu of Northumbria...
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    Britain. Similarly, the History of the Britons traditionally ascribed to Nennius claims the inscribed tomb of "Constantius the Emperor" was still present...
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    British king Heli, son of Digueillus and father of Lud, Cassivellaunus and Nennius. He is said to have held the throne for 40 years, after which he was succeeded...
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    into the sea. According to the Irish version of the Historia Britonum of Nennius, the Fomorians are referred to as mariners who were forced into a tower...
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  • Street". Morant says that Vortimer died in 475, but does not mention poison. Nennius, (Traditional attribution) (1848) [Composed after AD 830]. Gunn, W.; Giles...
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    the kings, calling her an "unclean lioness". In the Historia Brittonum, Nennius says that "the great king Mailcun reigned among the Britons, i.e., in Gwynedd"...
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    known source of the story of Brutus of Troy. Traditionally attributed to Nennius, its actual compiler is unknown; it exists in several recensions. This...
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