Friday, November 19, 2021

IF WE ACCEPT THAT VEXILLATIONS IN THE CASTUS INSCRIPTION ARE NOT IMPLIED, WHAT ARE WE TO MAKE OF THE STONE'S READING?

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All along, the academic community has insisted that 'vexillations', missing from the LAC memorial stone inscription, is implied.  I ...
Thursday, November 18, 2021

WHY LUCIUS ARTORIUS CASTUS AS DUX WAS NOT A DE FACTO GOVERNOR OF BRITAIN

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LAC as dux of British Legionary Vexillations Against Armenia That Lucius Artorius Castus as dux was also by implication a de facto governor ...
Saturday, November 13, 2021

ANTHONY BIRLEY ON THE ARMENIAN WAR AND STATIUS PRISCUS

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Pasted below are jpeg images of selections drawn from the above volume by Anthony Birley. The most important of these, for those of us explo...

STATIUS PRISCUS FROM ANTHONY BIRLEY'S THE ROMAN GOVERNMENT OF BRITAIN

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Statius Priscus’ governorship was very brief, not more than a year at most, starting in summer 161. But his career throws a good deal of lig...
Wednesday, November 3, 2021

WHY THE GEWISSEI MAY HAVE BEEN ON THE 'RIGHT SIDE' AFTER ALL

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I have been pondering the early dates for Cunedda/Ceawlin and Ceredig/Cerdic in light of the English tradition concerning the Gewissei.  In ...
Tuesday, November 2, 2021

THE SITE OF CAMLAN IN LIGHT OF MY IDENTIFICATION OF ARTHUR WITH CEREDIG SON OF CUNEDDA

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[NOTE: Before coming to the conclusion presented in the following piece, I did have one other reasonable candidate for Arthur's Camlan -...

THE LINGUISTIC ARGUMENT FOR BADON AS BATH

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Solsbury Hill Near Bath Badon is a difficult place-name for an unexpected reason. As Kenneth Jackson proclaimed: "No such British name ...