Riothamus
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' (also spelled or ') was a Romano-British military leader who was active circa AD 470. He fought against the Goths in alliance with the declining Western Roman Empire. He is called "King of the Britons" by the 6th-century historian Jordanes, but the extent of his realm is unclear. Some Arthurian scholars identify Riothamus as a possible inspiration for the King Arthur of legend.
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Name
- Realm
- Correspondence with Sidonius Apollinaris
- The letter
- Translation
- War with the Goths
- Jordanes, Getica, XLV.237–238
- Translation
- Gregory of Tours, Historia Francorum, II.18
- Translation
- Riothamus as King Arthur or Ambrosius Aurelianus
- Notes
- See also
- References
- External links
' (also spelled or ') was a Romano-British military leader who was active circa AD 470. He fought against the Goths in alliance with the declining Western Roman Empire. He is called "King of the Britons" by the 6th-century historian Jordanes, but the extent of his realm is unclear. Some Arthurian scholars identify Riothamus as a possible inspiration for the King Arthur of legend.
==Name== is a Latinization of the Brythonic , meaning 'Great King', 'Kingliest'. Alternatively, it may come from Brittonic , meaning 'Freest'. The Brittonic form survived into Old Welsh as (Modern Welsh ) and Old Breton .
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