06-12-2009, 03:42 PM
Hi Alan,
Quote:If there was a battle at "mons badonicus," what decade would that be... counting back from the appoximate authorship of Gildas.My personal favorite is c. 495 AD. As you've read in my article, the dating itself is impossible, but on secondary grounds a date of 'c. 500AD' is most likely.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)