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King Arthur, a Russian?
O.k., this is something I saw in a magazine devoted to cinema. It seem that there's a new king Arthur movie in the making, and Artie is going to be a Sarmatian. Now why doesn't this sit well with me? What happened to Aurelianus Ambrosius? Why did the Sarmatians stay behing when the rest of Rome's legions left with good ol' Macsen (sp?)?
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24/2/04, 5:36
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Re: King Arthur, a Russian?
There's a very interesting book out called Arthur the Dragon King.Cannot remember who it's by but it explains all the reasoning behind this theory.Well worth looking up.
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24/2/04, 10:42
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Re: King Arthur, a Russian?
Of course, comrade, in Russia we invent King Arthur, also swords and horses. Also cricket, beer, chip butties and diesel fuel. Many English people do not realize that entire Royal Family was first invented in Russia. Of course, we shot ours.
Comrade Alan Moorevitch, writer of League of Extraordinary Workers of the World will eventually publish truth, once he finished translation from Gorky original.
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Re: King Arthur, a Russian?
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There's a very interesting book out called Arthur the Dragon King.Cannot remember who it's by but it explains all the reasoning behind this theory.Well worth looking up.
How does the author explain the fact that Maximus, Macsen, or whatever his name was, left Britannia accompanied by nearly all of it's troops in a bid to beat Theodosius as emperor of Rome? Wouldn't Maximus take along the Sarmatians with him (after all, they're excellent riders, and good trooper potential)? And wasn't cavalry more important towards the end of the Roman empire? Why do they need Sarmatians to explain Arthur's knights?
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25/2/04, 5:43
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Re: King Arthur, a Russian?
I think the idea was that these were Soldiers that had marred and settled into the ingenious population.Part of the theory was that Arthur and his Knights are known in folklore as a cavalry unit and the Romano British were not known for their equestrian prowess.In fact mounted soldiers were not used much until the arrival of the Normans.
It's been about a year since I read the book so I cannot remember much,but as I say it's well worth looking up I'm sure it's available on Amazon UK.
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