The Battle of the City Of Legions
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Caerlon - The City Of Legions
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693 Caerlon
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691 Gaheris
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692 Accolon
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259 Mordred
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695 Tristan
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260 Lancelot
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261 Gawaine
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548 Sir Cei
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100 Camelot Roads
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564 Castle Chambers
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"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. |