Table of Contents
List of Plates and Maps viii
Acknowledgements x
Introduction: Arthur, History and the Storytellers 1
Part I The 'Foreign' Arthurs
1 Lucius Artorius Castus: A Dalmatian King Arthur? 13
2 The 'Sarmatian Connection' 40
3 King Arthur and the Narts 77
4 King Arthur and the Greeks 117
Part II The 'British' Arthur
5 A Dark Age King Arthur 149
6 Arthur and the Historia Brittonum 176
7 A British Arthur: Starting the Tradition 216
8 'Fire', 'Smoke' and 'Highland Mist' 248
Appendix I The Artorius Inscriptions 281
Appendix II Arthur's Battles as Described in the Historia Brittonum and Annales Cambriae 285
Appendix III The Mirabilia: A List of Wonders and Miracles That Became Attached to the Historia Brittonum 289
Abbreviations 293
Endnotes 299
Bibliography 347
Index 371