Dr. Miles Russell

And he features very heavily in Geoffrey Monmouth's work because he's treated as the immediate sort of predecessor of Arthur. But Ambrosius is somebody in Geoffrey Monmouth who, yes, he fights the Battle of Baddon, which Geoffrey places at Bath in the West Country. He is trying to establish his kingdom in the face of Saxon advances, defeats them a number of times.

And Geoffrey has him being having his coronation at Stonehenge. And of course, this becomes the archaeologists have picked up on this recently. Going back to Geoffrey, this idea that. In Geoffrey's account, Ambrosius asks his chief advisor, Merlin, to build a monument to commemorate all those British aristocrats who'd been murdered by the Saxons.

And Geoffrey has him being having his coronation at Stonehenge. And of course, this becomes the archaeologists have picked up on this recently. Going back to Geoffrey, this idea that. In Geoffrey's account, Ambrosius asks his chief advisor, Merlin, to build a monument to commemorate all those British aristocrats who'd been murdered by the Saxons.

And Geoffrey has him being having his coronation at Stonehenge. And of course, this becomes the archaeologists have picked up on this recently. Going back to Geoffrey, this idea that. In Geoffrey's account, Ambrosius asks his chief advisor, Merlin, to build a monument to commemorate all those British aristocrats who'd been murdered by the Saxons.

And Merlin goes off to Ireland and brings back this great stone circle, which they set up on Salisbury Plain. And that's where Ambrosius has his coronation. And of course, from an archaeological perspective, that seems utterly ludicrous. Yeah. You know, because we know the history of Stonehenge and it's not post-Roman in essence.

And Merlin goes off to Ireland and brings back this great stone circle, which they set up on Salisbury Plain. And that's where Ambrosius has his coronation. And of course, from an archaeological perspective, that seems utterly ludicrous. Yeah. You know, because we know the history of Stonehenge and it's not post-Roman in essence.

And Merlin goes off to Ireland and brings back this great stone circle, which they set up on Salisbury Plain. And that's where Ambrosius has his coronation. And of course, from an archaeological perspective, that seems utterly ludicrous. Yeah. You know, because we know the history of Stonehenge and it's not post-Roman in essence.

Although it's possible, you know, there's debate whether the blue stones have come from West Wales, which might be sort of remembered. But the key thing in Geoffrey's text is he's talking about the monument being restructured. And we know that archaeologically, you know, I've excavated inside Stonehenge entirely legally, by the way, it was part of a bigger project.

Although it's possible, you know, there's debate whether the blue stones have come from West Wales, which might be sort of remembered. But the key thing in Geoffrey's text is he's talking about the monument being restructured. And we know that archaeologically, you know, I've excavated inside Stonehenge entirely legally, by the way, it was part of a bigger project.

Although it's possible, you know, there's debate whether the blue stones have come from West Wales, which might be sort of remembered. But the key thing in Geoffrey's text is he's talking about the monument being restructured. And we know that archaeologically, you know, I've excavated inside Stonehenge entirely legally, by the way, it was part of a bigger project.

But a lot of the blue stones that we see in Stonehenge today were reshaped and modified in the post-Roman period. So there is some kind of structural modification going on in there at the time that Ambrosius is supposed to have existed. And because you've got Amesbury, the town nearby, Ambrosius's burr, his name is resonant in the landscape.

But a lot of the blue stones that we see in Stonehenge today were reshaped and modified in the post-Roman period. So there is some kind of structural modification going on in there at the time that Ambrosius is supposed to have existed. And because you've got Amesbury, the town nearby, Ambrosius's burr, his name is resonant in the landscape.

But a lot of the blue stones that we see in Stonehenge today were reshaped and modified in the post-Roman period. So there is some kind of structural modification going on in there at the time that Ambrosius is supposed to have existed. And because you've got Amesbury, the town nearby, Ambrosius's burr, his name is resonant in the landscape.

So it's possible Geoffrey is remembering or writing down an event involving the reshaping of Stonehenge. and the coronation of this king, whom Gildas has mentioned before. But he's there, and he's the only post-Roman warlord for whom we've got anything vaguely complimentary written about. So in that sense, he's in the right space at the right time.

So it's possible Geoffrey is remembering or writing down an event involving the reshaping of Stonehenge. and the coronation of this king, whom Gildas has mentioned before. But he's there, and he's the only post-Roman warlord for whom we've got anything vaguely complimentary written about. So in that sense, he's in the right space at the right time.

So it's possible Geoffrey is remembering or writing down an event involving the reshaping of Stonehenge. and the coronation of this king, whom Gildas has mentioned before. But he's there, and he's the only post-Roman warlord for whom we've got anything vaguely complimentary written about. So in that sense, he's in the right space at the right time.

for the arthur character and when we look at ambrosius in jeffrey's text aspects about his childhood aspects about his kingship and of course the battle of baden get absorbed into the arthur story so they're repeated without comment later on so we can see there's about 16 percent of the king arthur story as it appears in jeffrey monmouth is taken from ambrosius's life

for the arthur character and when we look at ambrosius in jeffrey's text aspects about his childhood aspects about his kingship and of course the battle of baden get absorbed into the arthur story so they're repeated without comment later on so we can see there's about 16 percent of the king arthur story as it appears in jeffrey monmouth is taken from ambrosius's life

for the arthur character and when we look at ambrosius in jeffrey's text aspects about his childhood aspects about his kingship and of course the battle of baden get absorbed into the arthur story so they're repeated without comment later on so we can see there's about 16 percent of the king arthur story as it appears in jeffrey monmouth is taken from ambrosius's life

It is, yes. It's the battle narrative and it's the sort of aspects about his kingship and his position in his power. And it is actually interesting that later writers take other aspects of Ambrosius because in Geoffrey of Monmouth, although Merlin is there... He and Arthur never meet. They occupy different timelines, as it were.