Dr. Miles Russell

And then he later goes up, tries to open up another front in what is now Yorkshire with the Brigantes tribe and their queen, Cartimania. And she eventually hands him in chains over to the Romans. I don't want you. Go away. Where you go, the Romans follow. And so he's handed over. And he's taken to Roman triumph. Claudius has him in a great procession.

Caratarchus is supposed to give him this great speech saying, why do you envy us in our mud huts when you've got all this marble? I would have greeted you as a friend rather than as a rival. And he gives this great speech. And Claudius, according to the Roman writers like Tacitus, is so impressed by this speech that he lets Caratarchus go. He gives him his freedom.

Caratarchus is supposed to give him this great speech saying, why do you envy us in our mud huts when you've got all this marble? I would have greeted you as a friend rather than as a rival. And he gives this great speech. And Claudius, according to the Roman writers like Tacitus, is so impressed by this speech that he lets Caratarchus go. He gives him his freedom.

Caratarchus is supposed to give him this great speech saying, why do you envy us in our mud huts when you've got all this marble? I would have greeted you as a friend rather than as a rival. And he gives this great speech. And Claudius, according to the Roman writers like Tacitus, is so impressed by this speech that he lets Caratarchus go. He gives him his freedom.

He's not allowed to leave Rome, but effectively he's not executed either, which is a plus, you know, and he lives out his life in Rome. So here is this great character who appears in lots of early Welsh literature because he is actually there fighting the Romans on the ground. No doubt, lots of praise poems around him. Other elements of his story appear in much later tales.

He's not allowed to leave Rome, but effectively he's not executed either, which is a plus, you know, and he lives out his life in Rome. So here is this great character who appears in lots of early Welsh literature because he is actually there fighting the Romans on the ground. No doubt, lots of praise poems around him. Other elements of his story appear in much later tales.

He's not allowed to leave Rome, but effectively he's not executed either, which is a plus, you know, and he lives out his life in Rome. So here is this great character who appears in lots of early Welsh literature because he is actually there fighting the Romans on the ground. No doubt, lots of praise poems around him. Other elements of his story appear in much later tales.

So the relationship between Caratarchus and Cartimandua gets evolved into sort of Arthur and Guinevere. The betrayal of Guinevere developed from the betrayal of Cartimandua as she hands him over to the Romans. But we see Caradoc and Cradoc and Kurdic, all these name variant forms of Caratarchus.

So the relationship between Caratarchus and Cartimandua gets evolved into sort of Arthur and Guinevere. The betrayal of Guinevere developed from the betrayal of Cartimandua as she hands him over to the Romans. But we see Caradoc and Cradoc and Kurdic, all these name variant forms of Caratarchus.

So the relationship between Caratarchus and Cartimandua gets evolved into sort of Arthur and Guinevere. The betrayal of Guinevere developed from the betrayal of Cartimandua as she hands him over to the Romans. But we see Caradoc and Cradoc and Kurdic, all these name variant forms of Caratarchus.

survive in lots of early Welsh literature so he is remembered and these key aspects of him I mean again he's another character who leaves Britain and never returns so it's that once and future king he's not dead but he will come back and save us and that gets built into the Arthur story as well so Arviragus Caratacus is another character it's about 24% of his story becomes absorbed into the Arthur tale as presented by Geoffrey of Monmouth.

survive in lots of early Welsh literature so he is remembered and these key aspects of him I mean again he's another character who leaves Britain and never returns so it's that once and future king he's not dead but he will come back and save us and that gets built into the Arthur story as well so Arviragus Caratacus is another character it's about 24% of his story becomes absorbed into the Arthur tale as presented by Geoffrey of Monmouth.

survive in lots of early Welsh literature so he is remembered and these key aspects of him I mean again he's another character who leaves Britain and never returns so it's that once and future king he's not dead but he will come back and save us and that gets built into the Arthur story as well so Arviragus Caratacus is another character it's about 24% of his story becomes absorbed into the Arthur tale as presented by Geoffrey of Monmouth.

It is very, very different. Bear in mind, the Romans' sense of geography is not quite as accurate as ours. We know that in the 80s AD, so 40 years after Claudius, a Roman fleet does circumnavigate Britain. And it is actually an island. And so now that probably got to the Orkneys and so on. There is some Roman material there. on Orkney, and people tried to make a link.

It is very, very different. Bear in mind, the Romans' sense of geography is not quite as accurate as ours. We know that in the 80s AD, so 40 years after Claudius, a Roman fleet does circumnavigate Britain. And it is actually an island. And so now that probably got to the Orkneys and so on. There is some Roman material there. on Orkney, and people tried to make a link.

It is very, very different. Bear in mind, the Romans' sense of geography is not quite as accurate as ours. We know that in the 80s AD, so 40 years after Claudius, a Roman fleet does circumnavigate Britain. And it is actually an island. And so now that probably got to the Orkneys and so on. There is some Roman material there. on Orkney, and people tried to make a link.

I mean, it seems unlikely if the Romans having invaded Kent and Essex, a delegation would come down from Orkney to surrender that. But then it might just be that the name has become sort of mistranslated or garbled from another different tribe. And we know that in Geoffrey of Monmouth, the Ikaini tribe of Norfolk, or Isenia as they're sometimes referred to, are described as Scythians.

I mean, it seems unlikely if the Romans having invaded Kent and Essex, a delegation would come down from Orkney to surrender that. But then it might just be that the name has become sort of mistranslated or garbled from another different tribe. And we know that in Geoffrey of Monmouth, the Ikaini tribe of Norfolk, or Isenia as they're sometimes referred to, are described as Scythians.

I mean, it seems unlikely if the Romans having invaded Kent and Essex, a delegation would come down from Orkney to surrender that. But then it might just be that the name has become sort of mistranslated or garbled from another different tribe. And we know that in Geoffrey of Monmouth, the Ikaini tribe of Norfolk, or Isenia as they're sometimes referred to, are described as Scythians.

And the Scythians, of course, is a name later given to the Huns. This is a tribe right the way across from the other side of the Black Sea. So Icani becomes Scythians. Boudica becomes Soderic, king of the Scythians. So it may be that we are looking at this and saying Orkneys, whereas the Romans were actually using a different tribal name. And it's not actually that far north. It would seem odd.