King Arthur: Is There Any Truth Behind Britain's Legendary King? | Britain AD | All Out History

[@manuelkong10]

the idea that the Dark Ages settled on England is not bollocks....building in stone declined dramatically, coinage largely disappears, trade is reduced, literacy is reduced, inscriptions become rare, glass production becomes rare and glass becomes expensive and only for the wealthy, pottery mostly disappears, the land ends up in the hands of a bunch of petty kings who fight each other (and Vikings) for centuries before the land is unified again.... the idea there was no Dark Age is what is bollocks

[@here_we_go_again2571]

The phrase Dark Ages came to be used because of reports of weather events (caused by the eruption of Krakatoa in 536 CE ...volcanic winter of 536 and the climate stayed colder until sometime after 560 CE) btw: It was the Friesens, Jutes, Anglos and Saxons -- Germanics people native to the western shore of Europe who came before the Vikings (Scandinavians) These people had been repelled by the Romans. During the post-Roman era of Britain; some of the (native) Celtic British kings had hired some of those Germanic warriors after the Romans left Britain (383 -- 407 CE) The Vikings/Norsemen arrived between 700--900 CE. Of course what we call Norwegians and Swedes had also raided and settled on the mainland of Europe. The native Jutes had become Danes. The native Celts of (what we call France) had been overrun by the Franks (Germanic tribe); then the Vikings raided and settled Normandy. Climate change was the catalyst for all of these migrations; as well as the migrations of the Huns Mongols and Turks.

[@AlanCole-c8w]

We have read in history books that during the Dark Ages most books were outlawed and taken up and burned. Certainly this would explain these large gaps in recorded history! We're convinced this is what we're dealing with in any accurate reconstruction.

[@AlanCole-c8w]

Deliberate obliteration and destruction of evidence!

[@AlanCole-c8w]

Certainly don't destroy the old history books. They are the most valuable sources of information we have!

[@AlanCole-c8w]

We have seen excavations of mass burial sites of anglo saxon warriors buried alongside their weoponry. This does suggest indeed their were intense battles during this time! This supports the old historical account.

[@dabreal82]

Bro you a serious delusional... This is a myth made up by a French man... That's actual historical fact

[@randyeilers4061]

52 minutes in. Make no mistake about it. The Romans occupied and ruled with an iron fist. Probably not a handfull of rich Britons, most all were Romans or relatives of Romans. In 300 years of occupation, the Romans definitely changed all culture of Britain in every way

[@bethbartlett5692]

Archaeologists must be required to take a class called "Assumptions".

[@czgator9000]

Actually it is on theory but some are a little too fond of lumping things into the ritual category with little evidence, like Francis.

[@nogoodhandlesavailable]

It is for this reason I am skeptical of even dinosaurs

[@DJ.Michelle]

Assumptions 101, actually😁

[@bethbartlett5692]

@@DJ.Michelle 😉

[@zoetropo1]

@@nogoodhandlesavailableMay a magpie swoop on your pie and consume it!

[@frederickherrmann9719]

The series makes a lot of good points, but to dismiss Gildas and Geoffrey of Tours and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles entirely is too much the other way.

[@morvanhall2010]

The Billy Meier contact notes has quite interesting things to say about Merlin and King Arthur.

[@TindalReview]

Can you expand on this? I was actually watching this video for ufo evidence.

[@brianmurray7980]

3rd or 4th time watching this series as a single video. Love listening to it while working.

[@Williamgarant]

Is that Francis from "Time Team"

[@msaltalola]

yes it is

[@laurenmclain6378]

Yes

[@jodyknight]

Yes ,and Guy too he's from Time Team.

[@brianmurray7980]

And Helen!

[@giselematthews7949]

Sure is!

[@stevenroetzel4470]

Coulda, shoulda, woulda. Don't miss understand me, the things found and speculated about in this episode are great, fascinating, even profound. That life continued after the Romans left Britain is obvious. As it seems to me is the Romanization of the native Britains, after all they lived together for hundreds of years, no? That leaders rose or continued to rule in various places in post-Roman Britain and the search for specific places where this happened (or continued) is worthy of continuing study. But explain to me in what way is this a search for King Arthur? What? Oh, it's just Clickbait to get us to watch? ... OK, but personally I would have watched anyway if you had just said the search for Dark Age Britains. Guess I am just interested in Archeology.

[@czgator9000]

This is Time Team's Francis Pryor's take on what happened in England after the Romans' departure. "King Arthur's Britain, The Not So Dark Ages."

[@GlitchesintheMatrixNEWSV-ee5mo]

Great research & Video

[@robertgreen9150]

Approx. 1300, reminds me of walking south Florida after a rain looking for "turtle backs"!!

[@amyrat151]

I find this idea that English people have about their history to be so strange where every time an invasion happened the people who were on the island vanished into the ether and their culture just disappeared like none of it ever existed. England's history before 1066 is only knowable by digging up ground and reading books in dead languages, as if thousands of people didn't survive every battle and/or invasion of outsiders.

[@rebeccawyse5562]

They don't know Welshman and Scotsman history well.

[@JayGideon-7]

Can anyone tell me the name of the gentleman, speaking in Oxford about the survival of Latin? Thank you!

[@BBEEAATTNNGGUU]

Why do so many think they can rewrite history with nothing but a guess?

[@annamosier1950]

Very good work

[@JoeSantoni]

Once upon a time a gent named Jack Whyte wrote a fictional account of this period. In the broadest sense it made more sense to me than the "conventional history" I was taught in school (back in the 50s/60s). He posited a Romano/British upper crust family (w/Roman military training/service) over a period assumed more and more power over more and more area. Remarkably similar to your thoughts.

[@Imagicka]

7:30 Obviously, whoever "nicked" the sword is the true king of the Britons.

[@Treayom]

It was Rene Artois, he used it to slice the sausage containing the Fallen Madonna with the big boobies.

[@claytonalexander9105]

~1:30:00 They talk about how latin survived in Britain... The other day i was watching Vikings the series and you see this. The monks in Northern England are still copying down the old Latin texts and noone else is able to read them. By this time Latin has mostly died out. They are the only peoples keeping it alive through the texts. Thats kinda cool.

[@Automedon2]

I went to school in the 60s and 70s, and all schools taught Latin. I wonder why that was. Apart from the Latin Mass, which was still given in some Catholic churches at that time, it was an extinct language. Seems like wasted effort when learning another modern language would have been more helpful

[@kateburk2168]

@@Automedon2 In the late 50's, when I attended 7th, they taught as part of English grammar that many of our words come from Latin ie. "subscribe" for instance. Don't have hard copy close at hand but in defining words, they tell where they are based on. Latin is pretty much expired as a spoken language though legal terms (courts) seem lean in that direction.

[@Automedon2]

@@kateburk2168 I know all of that, but for 99.999% of people it's useless. They figured that out which is why they stopped teaching it.

[@tassia1954]

I was taught ancient Greek Homer's Greek and Latin when in high school I am Greek and watching this documentary I can't understand why Greek words are called as Latin especially in the University all the sciences are Greek.You have a way of forgetting Greeks Maybe you want to arise above all ancient cultures!And by the way Greeks were the first to have trade relationships with England even before 1000 BC and they called the islands Κασσιτερίδες νήσους meaning The tin islands !

[@claytonalexander9105]

@@tassia1954 Yes i have heard of the Tin Islands, and the various ship wrecks that get found loaded with Tin from Britain. I didnt say a thing about Greece. I would assume because the dominant power of Greece at the time was Rome. Where they certainly spoke Latin.

[@FutureMythology]

Excellent! A big, "Thank you!", to all concerned.

[@Teresa-ih4sn]

So good to see Francis and Guy! Great documentary!

[@thecutestbeansprout1922]

@6:21 That music is absolutely horrendous. please don't use music and things like this, a lot of us listen to these to fall asleep.

[@danhanqvist4237]

Pryor's basic idea seems to be that there is a specifically "British" "national" identity that has remained essentially the same from at least Roman rule until now ("our national identity"). How credible is that really? It is very dubious that there's a unified "British" national identity today. The many wars of England against Wales and Scotland throughout history seem to falsify that idea. And what of the Irish colonisation of Scotland? Or perhaps Ireland is also an integral part of "Britain"? Many -- not only in Ireland -- would take a very different view.

[@Zenzonevibezzz]

This is a great documentary. 👍

[@duanealbers4985]

Longest add I’ve ever heard for open borders

[@treesapa]

In mists of time, a whisper floats, Of Camelot and knights in boats. King Arthur's reign, a legend grand, But did he walk upon this land? Historians sift, through dusty scroll, For traces of a warrior's soul. Battles fought, a misty scene, Was Arthur myth, or king unseen? Welsh bards sing, of valor's flame, A hero forged, on Britain's name. Excalibur, in jeweled hand, Defending realms, across the land. Roman echoes, faintly call, Of leaders lost, and empires' fall. Did Arthur rise, from shadows deep, To guard the Britons, in their sleep? Round Table dreams, and Lancelot's vow, Guinevere's tear, on Merlin's brow. Are these but tales, by firelight spun, Or whispers true, of battles won? The quest for truth, a winding path, Across the moor, where legends hath Built castles strong, in minds of men, Of Arthur's deeds, and where they've been. So let us search, with heart and eye, In whispers old, and starlit sky. For perhaps within the realm of lore, King Arthur lives, forevermore.

[@gthomashart3926]

¡¡Gracias por esto!!

[@garyparker1628]

It is reasonable to assume that King Arthur is a mythicized and romanticized version of the battle leader of the British at the Battle of Badon, the historicity of which is not in doubt.

[@jeffsanders444]

It is, to my mind, quite reasonable indeed.

[@cassivellaunushonestus4927]

Well yeah...just because the Romans left doesn't mean craftsmen give their craft, tradesmen stop performing their trade. There would have been those educated in the Roman governmental system. Trade with the Romans in Gaul would have continued.

[@AliTheIrfan]

As a easterner, The need to glorify Rome always baffled me. after all we had studied them to the minute details. Still the tendency to self censorship is the result of colonization of subconscious by the modern-day education system. 💚🙏

[@garym7989]

Im a little shocked by the american PhD's shock that the Bishop had a wife. The fact was that the Roman church, non--existent not independent of the Mother church, in Constantinople had priests (& still do) that were married. Orthodoxy has it's priests in marriage. Rome only did this edict against it in the later millenium.

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

American should have been the clue! They seem to get a PhD for being able to read Dr Seuss.

[@mariaperezpitti7643]

Eastern Catholic priest are married too

[@Wunderturd2]

The Roman catholic church got rid of priests marrying due to money and property going to spouses and children instead of the church. Greed within the house of god by those who hide behind piety isn't something new. And I didn't even have to read dr suess to gain such knowledge, nor claim to hold a phd. From 🇺🇲

[@dthomas9230]

@@Wunderturd2 Nuns ought to be allowed to have sex.

[@garym7989]

I´m sure Dr Suess is your extent of insight. I´ve observed Orthodox priests for 30 years, with 1 mal personality evident, and with NO One owning wealth, with mostly enormous humility, unlike you liz. The Roman church, a breakaway version of the Mother Orthodox church, functionally until about 900AD, with leaving in 1054 because of it´s continuous Lack of piety and arrogance of it´s monks and popes, like the DeBorgias, who were violent, greedy, thieving, full of war, Sexually promiscuous, as Roman Priests continuously are, and other rot. the Roman´s making demands on basic things like a home, etc, are NOT supported in any scripture, and is an example of the material rot widely existent in Catholicism. That doesn´t mean there are a few who do live godly lives--- I know at least 1 whom I respect. The Jews nor Orthodoxy have never drawn the strange venal summaries that are in Rome. Hindus have enormous disregard for ¨Sister Tere$a¨, due to her collection of serious wealth, that was never used to take care of the indigent poor´s suffering. Read their commentaries. @@Wunderturd2

[@danhanqvist4237]

On the Soviet point: there never was a very great change of culture. We now know that the old Muscovite culture is still marauding its way across neighbours. Cultural change may happen without great migrations. But sometimes it perhaps requires precisely that.

[@sharonlobo7930]

This is a wonderful piece. Really thought provolking.

[@casadelosotte]

it is....but going a bit too far off , once in a while....based on nationalistic feelings from a few people. If there was such a high level of writing, where are all the documents? How come they got invaded and conquered so easy by barbarians like the Anglos and the Saxons, shortly after? I believe the truth is for sure not as bad as a complete downfall, but for sure the Britons did not outgrow the Romans. It is thought provoking though!

[@maracohen5930]

The British for the most part embraced the Romans, the 400 year long Roman rule of most of Britain certainly has had impacts on not only GB, but all the places GB has impacted. The example of a Nation and People that resisted Roman Rule were the Judea and the Jews. And we know what the Romans did to them.

[@here_we_go_again2571]

Thank you, I enjoyed your video. There's no doubt that trade was going on between the Roman empire and Albion/Britain before the Roman invasion . Trade in tin had been going on since the Bronze age -- Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans. Britain must have had some value to Rome, since they hung onto it from 43/87 CE to 407 CE. *I think that more studies should be done regarding climate change and the age of the putative King Arthur.* It is obvious from the archeological finds and the genetic tests of current native residents of Great Britain that something/some slowed down/stopped the Germanic invasions and expansion into the inland areas of the island of Britain. Climate change was the catalyst for the migrations of the Germanics and the Scandinavians into Britain. It probably contributed to the migration of the Celts themselves into Albion/Britain and before that into what is now modern France and the northern part of both modern Spain and Portugal. Climate change was also responsible for the migration and conquests of the as well as the migrations and invasions of the Goths, Huns Mongols and Turks into both the Western and Eastern halves of the Roman empire. The phrase Dark Ages came to be used because of reports of weather events (caused by the eruption of Krakatoa in 536 CE ... the volcanic winter of 536 and the climate stayed colder until sometime after 560 CE) The phrase " *Early Middle Ages* " would be a better description of the era

[@lilysceeliljeaniemoonlight]

I certainly believe King Arthur was of Welsh background!

[@noelhall945]

Has the connection of Joseph of Arimathea, the metals Merchant, and Uncle to Christ been made with Tintgel mines?

[@Mik3xcellence]

Amazing I love it! I’m a huge lover of history and I love love that you’ve kept it beautiful

[@AtomicBlonde1]

So interesting

[@travisanderson9510]

Yes

[@aaronw.markel9319]

How does the Roman era get so deep in the ground?

[@lianedegville3093]

I reckon the beach barbecues were just that. Maybe an exchange of ideas and a few laughs over a cup of wine and a lamb shank in the days before football talk.

[@cher8005]

Apparently Arthur and Cthulu are the same being: not dead but dreaming of a time when they will rise up again.

[@TheShootist]

Great! the resolution isn't dirt.

[@thevocalcrone]

This is a really interesting academic exercise. However, i think problems arise when we are only looking at literature to provide answers, which is why the archaeology is such a brilliant information source. We must remember that history was often passed through the 'oral traditions' and can be lost from one generation to another. I recall reading an article written in about the 1800's in Trove Newspapers online by an Irishman referring to a philosophical and artists school /university "where the greatest minds met" prior to Henry VIII who apparently destroyed the school. the story was by an Irish Australian. He was making particular reference to the Irish "Harpers' (as "Harpists"). being banned from England by Henry and only allowed to reenter during the reign of Elizabeth R. I haven't been able to find that article since -i'm not that brilliant a researcher.

[@cubicinches18]

The oral history of the Britons (Welsh) was kept by the Druids. Oral history can be very accurate as in the Irish poet reciters. Edward 1 killed the Welsh druids under the guise of christianising the Welsh but it is feasable to suspectt the oral histories also told of the true bloodlines of the Royal families and that the Plantaginates were not of true Royal lines.

[@thevocalcrone]

@@cubicinches18 so many people have forgotten .. and yes I agree with you

[@cubicinches18]

@@thevocalcrone Thank you Lil

[@monsieurbono]

I was either watching a vlog or about the Welsh myths and they were saying when Christianization occurred, those stories that were just oral traditions (ancient stories) became mythologized. Perhaps meaning that stories we think of now as myths may have been based on ancient story telling of morality and life but are now virtually erased from history.

[@kevinguarin9594]

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[@teslasulu6305]

16:00

[@LavenderLori406]

I feel this kind of went off kilter... was really looking forward to more along the line of Arthur...

[@GrantFricks]

I wonder how the disaster of 536 AD affected human migration to Britain. No sun for 2 years, raining red, famine, etc.

[@kennethbautista3456]

if you saxons try and take the welsh history of king arthur one more time as your own !!!

[@Ep0nz]

Give it some time and it’ll be a tale told of a brave noble woman.

[@bethbartlett5692]

That's become apparent my Welsh brother. So few know the rich History of the Welsh. Irish, of Basque Lineage DNA.

[@lilysceeliljeaniemoonlight]

Aye , I'm of my Welsh forefathers and Aye, those absolute idiots dont even begin realize the meaning of other people's property. Unfortunately i really feel for the welshmans plight.

[@lilysceeliljeaniemoonlight]

@@bethbartlett5692 yeah. I had my DNA ancestry done and we had Welsh Irish Basque and also Iberian, Finnish

[@lilysceeliljeaniemoonlight]

@@Ep0nz what? Strange but ok. 1500 yrs of history you think will change someone's whole gender? Ok ok. Let's just see how it goes then

[@gerdiealbers7788]

Aren't the Aglo Saxons in Great Britain equal to the people coming from the German area named Sachsen.....??

[@erineileenkennedy-andress1684]

What a great theory! Connects all the dots into a sensible Constellation...Splendid work, Dr Pryor...brave of you to be such an iconoclast

[@NothingToNoOneInParticular]

I adore Francis Pryor!

[@oldvanguy]

I found this fascinating if not terribly accurately titled. That is fine one must do.... I do have a question for the presenters though. Being a Yank my grasp of England's early history is hit and miss at best but one thing I HAD understood about V. Bede was that he listed genealogies of kings and leaders of the invasion, is that wrong or made of whole cloth? That was why I had seen it first referred to as near as I can remember. I have no problem accepting that any church could not only lie but support lies for well, forever as it suited him but this point makes my bumps itch. Answers?

[@eshbena]

There were earlier lists of kings that Bede drew from. Some of them were pretty fanciful. :)

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

Bede is unreliable. And Geoffrey of Monmouth can be taken with a pinch of salt. Does that help?

[@gerdiealbers7788]

That Dominic looks like a savage Viking from Norway......!!! He needs a good 21--age haircut....!!

[@gabrielanderson8767]

If he was just sleeping, he probably wouldn't be very happy with the shape of things at the moment, lol

[@Purplesubmariner]

2:05 why is it these archeological types try to find evidence to back their theories, rather than try to discover what something really is? It's fine to want to prove your hypothesis, but it seems in many cases people set out and force their finds to fit their ideas, which is just terrible practice

[@teronward7570]

The Brits and their off springs are very good at doing that 55:25🤣🤣🤣😪😪

[@sgashner397]

Iron water is needed for dyeing wool 🧏🏽‍♀️🔗

[@rachelblair8232]

I love watching you here as well as time team.. England has such a rich history I can't get enough of.. being a distant cousin to the royal family might be why I am so intrigued. The recent part of the royal family is not the first family member to leave and come to the states.. my great grandfather came in threw canada and slowly ended up in the states..

[@user-bj3jn1sq7y]

Experts reckon all Brits with long British ancestry are descended from royalty somewhere, normally due to illegitimate ancestors.

[@deborahparr3451]

I'm also proud of my heritage from Catherine Parr.

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

Yeah, you and 2.5 million Brits! Alone! 6 million of us are related to William the Conqueror! get over yourself! Who was this Royal G Grandfather? Some Irish peasant getting away from the Famine? A dodgy refugee from Whitechapel? Your ilk are endlessly amusing to us, did you know that? Go polish your crown in case Chuck dies early. After all you are only about 3 millionth in the queue! ROFL

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

@@deborahparr3451 hahaha!

[@dthomas9230]

@@deborahparr3451Jack Parr had the Tonight show in America, before Carson. My name is Thomas and Sir Thomas took out Richard 3rd which begot Tudors and protestants.

[@graciemitchem7515]

Artur is real. He loved blacksmithing. He "drew" the sword from the stone by same. It was a meteorite that Merlin showed him. He lies under water outside Aberswyth. 2 islands, church and castle.

[@graciemitchem7515]

The Lady of the Lake was the name of the meteorite that fell in the water.

[@eduaardofidelis1510]

It was extremely interesting but confusing, and so did Anglo saxons invade. Who are actually the most indigenous Anglo-Saxons? So, if the Romans came from and Anglo-Saxons came from somewhere and found celts there that made Walsh and Irish and Scots indigenous and gives the "English" be superior conquerors.....? Is that the logic? The final phase about Kenya tea being British is an imperialist bigotry

[@voraciousreader3341]

The Lady of the Lake, who became the “moistened bint” in Monty Python’s “history”!!

[@darkkiss7247]

😆😆😆

[@FRADAVE02]

Let's not forget that the Romans were loathe to interfere with religion, unless it would interfere with Roman rule and taxation.

[@nellyvieira9496]

And yet they burned christians and threw them to be "eaten" by lions in the colliseum 🤔

[@mctrustsnoone3781]

@@nellyvieira9496Christianity sprung up within Roman-held territories. When it came to subdued territories that the Roman’s occupied, they generally avoided religious interference and often adopted pagan gods into their pantheon.

[@nellyvieira9496]

@@mctrustsnoone3781 Christianity sprung up first in Rome, then spread throughout what is now Europe in subdued and non-subdued territories. As far as religious interference, throwing Christians to be devoured by lions sounds a little like religious interference. Subdued territories were Roman-held so not sure why you're separating these as if subdued does not mean held, because it does. Where they subdued, they governed.

[@mctrustsnoone3781]

@@nellyvieira9496 Christianity did not first spring up in Rome and, to my knowledge, Jesus never stepped foot in Italy. Christianity sprung up in Roman-held territories, the same territories occupied by Jews. The difference was - and why the Romans had somewhat (not much, mind you) more tolerance for the Jews is that they did not engage in efforts to convert. The Romans, did not, however appreciate the monotheism. When Christianity gained traction and started to spread monotheism, the Romans saw this as an affront to their pantheon and that their gods would bring them ill-fortune if this was left unchecked. This would be why they didn’t interfere with other polytheistic culture’s religions, but persecuted Christians. This persecution lasted about 300 years until Christianity was adopted by Constantine the Great as the official religion of the Roman Empire. At this time, the seat of the Empire had moved from Rome to Byzantium (to be later named Constantinople and then Istanbul).

[@albert-georgspierer1844]

Arthur the Blacksmith

[@paperfinger9265]

Clever way to say theft and intimidation in the name of cultural diversity

[@TBAVN]

I believe Arthur was real aside from the magical tales, but his story was mis-interpreted

[@TheShootist]

some dood in france most likely

[@eshbena]

There is evidence for an Artus who wrote to Rome begging for the legions to return, he was a consul of some sort in England. There is another possible Artus who led forces into France and died at Avalon there. So, there are many possibilities for the origin of the story.

[@als2480]

@@TheShootist Arthurian legend is Welsh not french.

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

@@als2480 Thank You! Someone who doesn't get their history from Disney and Netflix! First written reference to Arthur is ins The Mabinogion I believe?

[@DouglasMoon-w8n]

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[@annamosier1950]

The Romans were brutal

[@kapioleilanionalanielua]

I used to read all the legends of King Arthur and I love the Marion Zimmer Bradley version the most. But I recently read about Tristan and Iseult and I really believe the King Arthur story was made up to reflect the Tristan and Iseult story. King Arthur was said to be set in 6th century and Tristan and Iseult 12 century, which wouldn't make sense, but there are so many similarities to both stories.

[@eshbena]

If you go back and read the Ulster Chronicles and very early histories, like Geoffrey of Monmouth's, you'll see that MZB wasn't even in the same ballpark as the original legends. Much of the Arthurian mythos was fanfiction written by the French troubadours many centuries later.

[@tomwyrick8069]

Loved the Mary Stewart novels.

[@sharonholdren7588]

If you haven't read the trilogy by Dorothy James Roberts, they are essential. They are written in a style remanescent of the King James Bible. They draw you in to the profoundly moving and emotional love stories that are the essence of these tales. I discovered them when I was about 6th Grade and 60 years later I regard them as my Bible to Arthurian Romances. Launcelot, My Brother is the best.

[@sharonholdren7588]

Also, Rosemary Sutcliff did an admirable job in Sword at Sunset. She used Francis Brett Young's Hic Jacet Arthurus as introductory poem and follows it closely identifying Arthur as a Romanized British lord.

[@gailhandschuh1138]

Britain has been an established country girl about a thousand years yet they are blind to their own history, perhaps this is because the citizens have not been told the truth in many cases. Instead of guessing at the histories of other countries, I would love to see the British open up the Archives to the public so that the Brits can learn of their actual History, instead chasing all over the world denigrating other cultures and populations. Frankly I find it in an insult that the Brits want to control the world they wish to rule and aren’t able to do. Can’t think of a war in modern times that the British didn’t have a hand in starting that other countries didn’t have to rescue them from in the end. 😊

[@gerdiealbers7788]

Friesland in the Netherlands is NOT much more Northern than Scotland is...!! There are language-similarities though....!! That is know in the Netherlands for quite some time......!!!

[@fooberdooge3103]

Sorry, but saying that St. Bede just constructed the Anglo-Saxon invasion whole cloth just to create an English origin-story is ludicrous.

[@mrhassell]

What surprise. History is nothing but the tale, told by the side of the winner, or in case of Rome, the empire against an essentially agricultural society. Rome however never fully retreated, neither did the ensuing Saxons (Germans), Normans (French) or even the earliest conquering inhabitants, Visigoths and Vikings. Sir Thomas Malory, was mostly responsible for the tale of Arthur. Born from the age of Romance, it's an embellishment of an already 500+ year old tale, before Malory got to penning his romantic novel. This unfortunately fails to investigate the true origins and completely omits the connection to the real origin of the tale, being based on Arturious Rex.

[@lainecolley1414]

@1:04:35 lol trees seed more readily on debris; mateur geologists of opportunity - and composters. (I'm about to be put in my place)

[@JennySimon206]

Rainier and Henderson! Omg they closed the Jack in the Box? What? Why? Been there since I was a kid and they just built the new community center across the street. Is the Mc Donald's still there? There's not much to eat over in that area. The Pho place. That was my favorite Pho spot in the south end. I moved to the Oregon Coast after Ocean Shores WA. Makes me so nostalgic tho for the city. I had my fill though ha ha. Lol, I got arrested once at the Red Apple at 12th and Jackson. I used to live off Rainier and Othello. Graham I think. There's a gas station with a taco truck right there. Circle K I think. Can't remember now. I lived all over the place. Also lived on Renton Ave off skyway. Also lived in another spot in the Rainier district. Burien, North Seattle too. Lake city,. I lived on the streets as a teenager for years on the lam so I was everywhere. Lived on a boat in a marina twice. The Asians cook the bomb food. I learned from them actually. I cook really really good. Became my hobby. I would get food at the Shell station in beacon hill on 15th at the 5 way 24 hrs too. PS. No one is out on the streets anymore. It sucks. Everyone is home online. I guess now they closed backpage , I heard the girls are walking again. Are people more out and about again? People used to be everywhere outside kickin it. Maybe u guys are too young. Yeah Prob. I lived right by the Toyota dealership on Lake City way right where u were. That was last place in Seattle I lived before moving to the coast. The real beach is a totally different thing. The beaches in Seattle aren't the same. I do miss it tho. You should show more images of the streets themselves. I can't see what store that is that even closed. People aren't getting an idea of the city but your friends faces very close to the camera. Have them back up so we can see the landscape

[@trevorpeddicord5486]

The comments are full of people who “watched a history documentary” and have acquired vast and endless knowledge and facts about all things that happened in the past.

[@deniseadkins2901]

Did Tony Robinson turn this project down? lol

[@charlesreid1311]

Britain. A.D. Surely you mean England A.D.?

[@gsandy5235]

History books don't tell us that Romans took all the vestiges of civilization with them when they left. He likes to argue against the dominant hypothesis so much that he creates straw men to knock down.

[@jukker95]

Constantine did not make Christianity the official religion of Rome; that did not happen until 380 BCE under the emperor Theodosius. Constantine ended any persecution of Christians and made it a religion which was worth joining. These documentaries are generally very good so its disappointing to hear this common misconception repeated.

[@richq11]

For anyone interested in King Arthur this is a waste of 2 1/2 hours. However, if you like dirt and pottery this might be your cup of tea. THe real Arthur was likely based on a 5-6 century king of Rheged in the north of Britain named Urien.

[@histguy101]

Why not someone named Arthur? There are people with that name in that period

[@richq11]

@@histguy101 I think by now something would have popped up whereas there is plenty about Urien whose history fits the bill

[@eshbena]

@@richq11 Also, there was an Artus who was a consul of Britain under the Romans. Plenty of folks to choose from.

[@larapalma3744]

Love dirt and pottery!

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

@@histguy101 Because that doesn't fit his own little fantasy.

[@yehuditcollins6783]

Irritating musical background. It's distracting.😅

[@ensilguz]

That wall was constructed by Hadrian!

[@CameraManCharlie42]

Dude talked about King Arthur in a sentence. Missleading title.

[@appnzllr]

Your series has the constant refrain of discounting anything unless it is backed up by archaeology. But that assumes that archaeology has found everything - and understood everything correctly - that can be found. I'm not saying that this approach is wrong. I'm thinking that it is running the risk that something will be found in the future that will call some or all your beliefs into question.

[@jasonhare8540]

Beginning to suspect King Arthur is a lot like Robin Hood . Probably some vague dude with similar traits and an agenda that history has turned into a legend . Look at American history and all our stories about George Washington chopping down cherry trees and that sort of thing .... Never happened but it makes a good story and it involves someone who did live. *Shout out to that construction guy for being a legend . Who knows how much history was saved because of his intervention .

[@иваниванов-и2х5г]

King Arthur was alan. Alans - one of sarmatian tribes

[@rmp9417]

Wondering about washing terror & awful memory away by tossing a used death weapon into the water on into the past

[@sugarkillsall7297]

Your English or Scottish. I'm both and not Brittish.

[@donovandelaney3171]

King Arthur will reincarnate and bring back Camelot. At least that's what the Prophecy says. Anyone could bring back Camelot.

[@enckidoofalling2883]

The question is… why did they leave? The Romans basically fled.

[@danisyx5804]

brill

[@baze703]

Why are academics so intent on deconstructing their own cultures?

[@galesal1109]

That’s the opposite.

[@aclem8246]

Many Brits profited in the past by colonizing and slavery and then when things ended they accepted many of these peoples into the British mosaic as part of, but there are also many ordinary Brits who resent the immigrant and watering down of what they consider to be British. I know Brits who have emigrated to North America and upon going home for a visit they say that Britain is not Britain anymore.

[@BEDLAMITE-5280ft.]

It’s CG.

[@meredithisme3752]

I'm pretty sure he didn't wear lipstick

[@ryanmcneill1919]

Say "I'm a historian"

[@lilysceeliljeaniemoonlight]

Majic was banned by King Uther 1st because he believed it (Majic and witches of badness scabbieness and so on) killed his wife, so there fore Arthur took with Merlin sone servants and Lady Genevieve and was never anointed "King" but always seen as Prince Arthur; until well no one knows! Do you?!¿¡!? 🌙✨☯️

[@lilysceeliljeaniemoonlight]

LoL nonsense. Or was it!?! Hmmmm8

[@dave438-jw3]

One theory is that Arthur was the last of the Romans defending against the Anglo-Saxons....