The Battle of the City Of Legions

Caerlon - The City Of Legions
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693 Caerlon
Perhaps one of Arthur's capitals, a battlefield and much, much more!  This design features the solid walls of a "Roman" fortress, the roads that crossed the surrounding countryside and more.  Easy to do and with spaces to display your favorite quilting motifs.


691 Gaheris
One of the stalwart knights of the Round Table and one of the "Orkney Brothers".  A wonderful design in any color combination and setting.

 

 


692 Accolon
Accolon de Gaul, the lover of Morgan le Fay and the challenger to Arthur with the stolen Excalibur!  A lovely design in any color combination and very dimensional.


259 Mordred
A simple and beautiful design for framing or any project a quilter can dream up.

 

 

 

 

695 Tristan
The love affair that preceded Camelot!  Tristan and Isolt!  This block  is a charmer with easy to do seams so that quilters may concentrate on color combinations and settings. 


260 Lancelot
This is a great design for quilters of all skill levels!  Fast and easy, the block does have secondary designs should quilters not want to emphasize the small hearts.

 

 

 

261 Gawaine
A lovely block with dimensional stars, lattice and other secondary designs.  It works in any color combination and setting.

 

548 Sir Cei
Named for the stalwart and true Knight of Camelot -- this block performs!

 

 

100 Camelot Roads
Fast and fun and oh! the settings you can come up with this one!  Great over all designs and secondary effects too!

 

564 Castle Chambers
A wonderful design that even novice quilters will enjoy!  Great in any setting or color combination.

 

 



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


"The ninth battle was in the City of the Legion"

 

 The Urbe Legionis or "City of the Legions" causes problems because there were two cities so called: Legions and Chester, at either end of the Welsh border. It is also possible that York bore such a title. The idea that many other Roman forts, like Carlisle or Exeter, once had similar names seems unlikely though; as does identification with the Battle of Dyrham. Chester was Caer Legion, while legions was Caer Legion guar Uisc (that is "legions-upon-Usk"), though the latter often lost its suffix. Chester appears to be the likeliest candidate. It was actually recorded in the Annales Cambriae as Urbs Legionis and was the site of a well-attested Battle of Chester in Dark Age times. In 613, King Æthelfrith of Bernicia invaded the Welsh Kingdoms in order to stop King Iago of Gwynedd restoring the former's old enemy, Edwin, to the Deiran throne. The armies of Gwynedd, Powys, Pengwern & Dumnonia rose to repel him, but were bitterly defeated at the Battle of Chester: Kings Iago of Gwynedd & Selyf Sarffgadau of Powys being killed. This brave British stand against the Northern Saxons was probably transported back a hundred years to the time of Arthur. 

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