06-05-2010, 04:05 PM
Quote:Agraes,
All that equipment was just in one house? Sounds like a carpenter's home, but for the Amphoras to be there, he'd have to be really quite rich. Also, despite what most people think that Church in the fort mught actually be late fifth/early sixth century due to the design. The church's design seems to follow the Celtic cruciform pattern. I'll never understand the idea behind that.
No, it's not from a single house but from the whole excavated area. The church is Ethelredan (late saxon) in date, not 5-6th century.
Quote:The stone inscription from Wales records the name of a man called Uoteporix - this is not the same name as Gildas' Uorteporix (or Uortiporius, as it is usually Latinized), though they do look similar (and are commonly confused by all but the most careful of readers).
Yes
I think however it is quite likely that this was one man, the ruler of Dyfed circa 540 AD. Especially because Uoteporix bores the title of Protector, which is tied to the Dyfed dynasty in the welsh genealogies. Even if those are late this seems to be a good evidence.
"O niurt Ambrois ri Frangc ocus Brethan Letha."
"By the strenght of Ambrosius, king of the Franks and the Armorican Bretons."
Lebor Bretnach, Irish manuscript of the Historia Brittonum.
Agraes / Morcant map Conmail / Benjamin Franckaert
"By the strenght of Ambrosius, king of the Franks and the Armorican Bretons."
Lebor Bretnach, Irish manuscript of the Historia Brittonum.
Agraes / Morcant map Conmail / Benjamin Franckaert