OK Folks Iwant to start a bit of a discussion on King Arthur.
Who/What was he?
Is he just a work of fiction from the 15c? Was he a Briton? Saxon? Roman? Some put the tale down to french beginnings so was he even from or did he live in Britain at all?
I have just seen the film (the new one)and they portray him as a Roman, but most other times i have seen him portrayed it is as a more traditional Knight (such as the film Excalibur), not really seen until Norman times which due to records really put this out of the question.
I think one thing for sure is if not fully mythical at least a lot of the storys of Camelot and the Knights of the Round Table are part mythical.
Anyways thought id throw it to the floor hear to see what ideas get bounced around.
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