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Lucius Artorius Castus (not a King Arthur thing!) - Arturus Uriconium - 02-07-2009
Don't worry, this isn't a thread about King Arthur - or that awful film - but about the man. IMHO he was quite an amazing soldier/general and I wondered where others might place him amongst the great?
If you want to read more about him I've included a link below. It's actually an argument for him as the bases for the historical Arthur but it's mostly about his life. Although, unlike the film, this gets the dates right!
[url:1nfost9p]http://www.heroicage.org/issues/1/halac.htm[/url]
Re: Lucius Artorius Castus - Vincula - 02-07-2009
I found this: http://antoninuspius.blogspot.com/. Pretty intresting.
Re: Lucius Artorius Castus - Arturus Uriconium - 02-07-2009
Yes it is interesting, but I'm trying to stay away from the whole Artorius/Arthur thing.
Re: Lucius Artorius Castus (not a King Arthur thing!) - Robert Vermaat - 02-07-2009
Oh no.. not that LAC 'by Linda Malcor'.......
Re: Lucius Artorius Castus (not a King Arthur thing!) - Arturus Uriconium - 02-07-2009
Forget the LAC by Malcor! What about Artorius!
Re: Lucius Artorius Castus (not a King Arthur thing!) - Gaius Julius Caesar - 02-08-2009
SAme thing. :|
Re: Lucius Artorius Castus (not a King Arthur thing!) - Arturus Uriconium - 02-08-2009
So, is everyone trying to tell me that Malcor made everything up about him?
Re: Lucius Artorius Castus (not a King Arthur thing!) - Gaius Julius Caesar - 02-08-2009
Nope, just commenting that LAC stood for Lucius Artorius Castus
I could be on the wrong track there.... :mrgreen:
Re: Lucius Artorius Castus (not a King Arthur thing!) - Robert Vermaat - 02-08-2009
Same thingg indeed. :evil:
Quote:So, is everyone trying to tell me that Malcor made everything up about him?Well, no, but she appears to have connected ends that cannot be connected that easily, and that part of her narrative is not based directly on the sources. Best forget all the stuff about battles in Britain (but then I suspect you did that already).
Re: Lucius Artorius Castus (not a King Arthur thing!) - Gaius Julius Caesar - 02-08-2009
Quote:Same thingg indeed. :evil:
Arturus Uriconium:1x9x7034 Wrote:So, is everyone trying to tell me that Malcor made everything up about him?Well, no, but she appears to have connected ends that cannot be connected that easily, and that part of her narrative is not based directly on the sources. Best forget all the stuff about battles in Britain (but then I suspect you did that already).
So there are more than one Lucius Artorius Castus?
If not then they must be the same? :mrgreen:
Re: Lucius Artorius Castus (not a King Arthur thing!) - Arturus Uriconium - 02-08-2009
Quote:Well, no, but she appears to have connected ends that cannot be connected that easily, and that part of her narrative is not based directly on the sources. Best forget all the stuff about battles in Britain (but then I suspect you did that already).
I realise him being in Britain is conjecture based on the Sarmations being here and him being a commander of them at some point. But the other information points to him being quite a tactician and that what I was referring to. However, I didn't realise just how wrong you're saying she got it.
Re: Lucius Artorius Castus (not a King Arthur thing!) - Vincula - 02-08-2009
The antonius pius blog has the whole story here: http://antoninuspius.blogspot.com/
Re: Lucius Artorius Castus (not a King Arthur thing!) - Arturus Uriconium - 02-08-2009
Apologies Lucy, I should have read the whole of that link. I knew Malcor's evidence for the Arthurian claim was weak, to say the least, but didn't realise just how much she'd 'stayed' from the facts in other areas.