COMING SOON: Dr. Wootton on the Age of the L. Artorius Castus Stone

The only "fact" that would dethrone even my Sawyl theory would be the adherence to the prevelent professional opinion regarding the correct reading for ARM[...]S on the Lucius Artorius Castus stone.  As I've oft repeated, if this reads ARMENIOS, then Castus was not in Britain when the Sarmatians were there and thus any connection with an Arthur at Ribchester of the Sarmatian veterans is highly improbable.  Only with a reading of ARMORICOS can we postulate Castus being in Britain with Sarmatian troops.  Although I showed how Armoricos, with allowable ligatures, can fit on the Castus stone, scholars have not supported the idea, as no one would have claimed they were taking a force against Armorica during the time of the Deserters' War.  Instead, any number of other terms would have been used, this not being, technically speaking, a war against Armorica.  It was instead an action against the public enemy Maternus, an army deserter, and his bandits whose activities were not restricted to Armorica.  

I'm working with Dr. Will Wootton (https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/will-wootton) right now on his take for the age of the Castus stone.  I will dedicate a blog post to his conclusion and what that might mean for Arthurian research going forward.