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    Ambrosius Aurelianus (Welsh: Emrys Wledig; Anglicised as Ambrose Aurelian and called Aurelius Ambrosius in the Historia Regum Britanniae and elsewhere)...
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    Merlin (redirect from Merlin Ambrosius)
    Myrddin and Ambrosius, two legendary Briton prophets with no connection to Arthur, to form the composite figure that he called Merlinus Ambrosius. His rendering...
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    a son of the 6th-century king of Dál Riata in modern Scotland; Ambrosius Aurelianus, who led a Romano-British resistance against the Saxons; Lucius Artorius...
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  • Ambrosius Aurelianus, fifth-century war leader of the Romano-British Ambrosius of Georgia (1861–1927), Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia Ambrosius,...
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  • was Aurelianus' title as overlord of all Brythonic territories. He noted that "Riothamus" and Aurelianus are contemporaneous and that Aurelianus is the...
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    Uther's older brother (elsewhere called Aurelius Ambrosius and likely based on Ambrosius Aurelianus) who saw the comet and received the name "Pendragon"...
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    British but saved Vortigern to extract this ransom. The tale of Ambrosius Aurelianus and the two dragons found beneath Dinas Emrys. The Historia Brittonum...
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  • "dipped [their] red and savage tongue in the western ocean" before Ambrosius Aurelianus organized a British resistance with the survivors of the initial...
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    attributed in legend to those who led the opposition, including Ambrosius Aurelianus and perhaps Artorius. This could account for how the Roman terminology...
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    2nd or 3rd century, to sub-Roman British rulers such as Riotamus, Ambrosius Aurelianus, and the Welsh kings Owain Ddantgwyn, Enniaun Girt, and Athrwys ap...
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    first, “Merlinus Ambrosius” (the Arthurian Merlin), identified by Giraldus Cambrensis as Myrddin Emrys —the Welsh form of Ambrosius—, who was found at...
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  • less "factual" characters: Taliesin, Magnus Maximus, Theodosius, Ambrosius Aurelianus, Vortigern, Constantine III, Myrddin Wyllt, Clovis I, Gwyddno Garanhir...
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    century, which would put it in the time frame for Vortigern and Ambrosius Aurelianus. It has long been known that there is a pool inside the fort, but...
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  • king. Vortigern, an ambitious warlord-king who battles Ambrosius for Britain. Ambrosius Aurelianus, Merlin's father; a Romanized Celt, he invades England...
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  • from the Roman conquest to Gildas' time; it includes references to Ambrosius Aurelianus and the Britons' victory against the Saxons at the Battle of Mons...
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    battle was an internal conflict between the rival Britonnic forces of Ambrosius Aurelianus and Vortigern (Vitalinus). In his book Historia Brittonum, Nennius...
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  • Westacott (born 1956), American philosopher Emrys Wledig, Welsh for Ambrosius Aurelianus, 5th century war leader of the Romano-British John Emrys Lloyd (1905–1987)...
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    Tador. According to Historia Regum Britanniae, Gorlois was vassal of Ambrosius Aurelianus, whose arrival at the Battle of Kaerconan ensured the defeat of Hengist...
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    battles, Ambrosius takes ill and Uther must lead the army for him. This allows an enemy assassin to pose as a physician and poison Ambrosius. When the...
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    Characters Aeneas Saint Alban Albanactus Alhfrith of Deira Allectus Ambrosius Aurelianus Amphibalus Andragius Archgallo Archmail King Arthur Arvirargus Ascanius...
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    King Arthur. There are many theories, but it is sometimes said that Ambrosius Aurelianus, a resistance leader of the Romano-British forces, was the model...
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    appears as the son of Budic II of Brittany who married a sister of Ambrosius Aurelianus and Uther Pendragon, making him Arthur's first cousin, but appears...
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  • made the first count of Meledunum (Melun) Ambrosius Aurelianus, 5th-century Romano-British war leader Aurelianus of Arles (6th century), bishop Paul Aurelian...
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    Yellowhammers'. It has also been suggested that the name is derived from Ambrosius Aurelianus, leader of Romano-British resistance to Saxon invasions in the 5th...
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  • version of Robert de Boron's Merlin, the name of Uther's elder brother Ambrosius Aurelianus is given as Pendragon, while Uter (Uther) changes his name after...
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  • presented in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, King Ambrosius Aurelianus embarks on a quest to construct a memorial for the Celtic Britons...
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    quarter, and that his subjects wished to depose him and make Aurelius Ambrosius king. He asked the king to allow him to send word to Saxony for more soldiers...
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    speculates that the name Ambresbury Banks derives from the legendary Ambrosius Aurelianus, a fifth-century hero, and thus impossible to link with the fate...
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  • for the Holy Grail. Stonehenge – said to be the burial place of Ambrosius Aurelianus and of Uther Pendragon The Berth, near Baschurch in Shropshire, reputed...
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  • derived from a north Welsh narrative which was mainly about Emrys (Ambrosius Aurelianus), which the compiler of the Historia incorporated into a framework...
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