Coming Soon: MORE SCHOLARLY SUPPORT FOR MY READING OF 'AELI DRACONIS' ON THE ILAM PAN

The Ilam or Staffordshire Moors Pan

I will soon be putting out a piece that adds significant weight to my argument that AELI DRACONIS on the Ilam Pan may be a reference to the draco-venerating Dacian-Aelian garrison of the Birdoswald/Banna Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall.  Included in this future post will be supportive opinions of some top scholars, as well as a lengthy list of Roman camps known to have been named for the units that manned them.  

This information, combined with the attested configuration of the ancient Dacian draco (something proven by a unique archaeological find; see https://mistshadows.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-wolf-serpent-standard-of-dacians.html), would mean that we can make a good case for the Banna fort, with its sub-Roman/early medieval royal hall, being a site where the draco may have remained important into the Arthurian period.