Dr. Miles Russell

But the fact that his story, you think, well, why is Magnus Maximus remembered? What possible relevance has he got to Britain? But he is remembered. If you look in a lot of the early Welsh genealogies, lots of the leaders of Powys and so on, they trace their ancestry back to Magnus Maximus, who's often cited as the king who killed the king of the Romans. You know, he is remembered.

But the fact that his story, you think, well, why is Magnus Maximus remembered? What possible relevance has he got to Britain? But he is remembered. If you look in a lot of the early Welsh genealogies, lots of the leaders of Powys and so on, they trace their ancestry back to Magnus Maximus, who's often cited as the king who killed the king of the Romans. You know, he is remembered.

But the fact that his story, you think, well, why is Magnus Maximus remembered? What possible relevance has he got to Britain? But he is remembered. If you look in a lot of the early Welsh genealogies, lots of the leaders of Powys and so on, they trace their ancestry back to Magnus Maximus, who's often cited as the king who killed the king of the Romans. You know, he is remembered.

And in the Mabinogion, we get the story of the dream of Maxim, who is Magnus Maximus, who in that version of the story, he's an emperor in Rome who dreams of this distant, faraway, mythical land with a castle and a beautiful princess. And he sends people out to look for her and eventually come back and say, we found her. She's in effectively North Wales.

And in the Mabinogion, we get the story of the dream of Maxim, who is Magnus Maximus, who in that version of the story, he's an emperor in Rome who dreams of this distant, faraway, mythical land with a castle and a beautiful princess. And he sends people out to look for her and eventually come back and say, we found her. She's in effectively North Wales.

And in the Mabinogion, we get the story of the dream of Maxim, who is Magnus Maximus, who in that version of the story, he's an emperor in Rome who dreams of this distant, faraway, mythical land with a castle and a beautiful princess. And he sends people out to look for her and eventually come back and say, we found her. She's in effectively North Wales.

And he travels over there and meets the woman literally of his dreams and they fall in love. And he stays there for long enough for a rival to take power in Rome. And then he has to take troops out of Britain to go and reclaim his kingdom. So it's sort of a reverse version of the story. But he's remembered in so many different accounts. You think, well, there's something about him.

And he travels over there and meets the woman literally of his dreams and they fall in love. And he stays there for long enough for a rival to take power in Rome. And then he has to take troops out of Britain to go and reclaim his kingdom. So it's sort of a reverse version of the story. But he's remembered in so many different accounts. You think, well, there's something about him.

And he travels over there and meets the woman literally of his dreams and they fall in love. And he stays there for long enough for a rival to take power in Rome. And then he has to take troops out of Britain to go and reclaim his kingdom. So it's sort of a reverse version of the story. But he's remembered in so many different accounts. You think, well, there's something about him.

Okay, yes, he was a prominent warlord. That's something that, you know, tick, you are remembered for. Undoubtedly, there were praise poems about him. I suspect he restructured Britain significantly. So he devolved authority, perhaps to individual tribes or leaders. And that's why they later treated him as their sort of progenitor, as the founder of their dynasty.

Okay, yes, he was a prominent warlord. That's something that, you know, tick, you are remembered for. Undoubtedly, there were praise poems about him. I suspect he restructured Britain significantly. So he devolved authority, perhaps to individual tribes or leaders. And that's why they later treated him as their sort of progenitor, as the founder of their dynasty.

Okay, yes, he was a prominent warlord. That's something that, you know, tick, you are remembered for. Undoubtedly, there were praise poems about him. I suspect he restructured Britain significantly. So he devolved authority, perhaps to individual tribes or leaders. And that's why they later treated him as their sort of progenitor, as the founder of their dynasty.

But a lot of the story, certainly the Mabinogion centres around Carnarvon in North Wales. And that's where the later sort of Plantagenet dynasty built...

But a lot of the story, certainly the Mabinogion centres around Carnarvon in North Wales. And that's where the later sort of Plantagenet dynasty built...

But a lot of the story, certainly the Mabinogion centres around Carnarvon in North Wales. And that's where the later sort of Plantagenet dynasty built...

carnarvon castle and it's supposed to be the sort of myth fulfillment that they are building a fortress that resembles the castle that magnus maximus had in this dream so sort of the later norman monarchs are building on this mythology quite literally and representing themselves as the ultimate sort of fulfillment of the magnus maximus story

carnarvon castle and it's supposed to be the sort of myth fulfillment that they are building a fortress that resembles the castle that magnus maximus had in this dream so sort of the later norman monarchs are building on this mythology quite literally and representing themselves as the ultimate sort of fulfillment of the magnus maximus story

carnarvon castle and it's supposed to be the sort of myth fulfillment that they are building a fortress that resembles the castle that magnus maximus had in this dream so sort of the later norman monarchs are building on this mythology quite literally and representing themselves as the ultimate sort of fulfillment of the magnus maximus story

But when we look at Geoffrey Monmouth, when we look at the fact that he leaves Britain, he invades Gaul, modern day France, he defeats armies, he kills the emperor, and he's just about to go over the Alps to invade Italy when he's suddenly turned away. All this is Magnus Maximus' story that's been repackaged for Arthur.

But when we look at Geoffrey Monmouth, when we look at the fact that he leaves Britain, he invades Gaul, modern day France, he defeats armies, he kills the emperor, and he's just about to go over the Alps to invade Italy when he's suddenly turned away. All this is Magnus Maximus' story that's been repackaged for Arthur.