Pestano then presents the folkloric legends that developed over hundreds of years around Ambrosius and shows how these were later acquired by Arthur. A history of fifth and sixth century Britain is undertaken using contemporary and near contemporary sources and archaeology to arrive at a chronology of events that confirm when the Saxons arrived as federates in Britain, when they rebelled and when the seige and battle of Badon occurred and how the victor of that battle was Ambrosius. Ambrosius's life and exploits are thoroughly dissected and explored starting with the monk and historian of the Britons, Gildas, then onwards to Bede and other chronicles and histories up to and beyond Geoffrey of Monmouth’s De Gestis Britonum. In this ground breaking work, which has taken fourteen years of research, scholar and historian Dane Pestano examines the life and legends of the last Roman leader to defend Britain, Ambrosius Aurelianus, who lived in the late fifth to early sixth century at the time attributed to King Arthur, and shows how Arthur acquired the legends of Ambrosius over time. He is best known for his chronicle Historia Regum Britanniae ("History of the Kings of Britain"), which was widely popular in its day and was credited, well into the 16th century, being translated into various other languages from its original Latin.Synopsis of Book. Geoffrey of Monmouth (circa 1100 - 1155) was a cleric and one of the major figures in the development of British historiography and the popularity of tales of King Arthur. Geoffrey's account can be seen to be wildly inaccurate - but it remains a valuable piece of medieval literature, which contains the earliest known version of the story of King Lear and his three daughters, and introduced non-Welsh-speakers to the legend of King Arthur.
It chronicles the lives of the kings of the Britons in a chronological narrative spanning a time of two thousand years, beginning with the Trojans founding the British nation and continuing until the Anglo-Saxons assumed control of much of Britain around the 7th century. The "Historia Regum Britanniae" (English: The History of the Kings of Britain) is a pseudo-historical account of British history, written circa 1136 by Geoffrey of Monmouth.
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