The Fall of Roman Britain

And the Rise of the Arthurian Legend

Arthur Rackham, Mordred Slain by Arthur (1917)

Ten years after the Crucifixion Claudius officially annexed the Britannia as a Roman province. But it took almost 45 years of brutal battles before the Romans finally gained control of Britannia. Even then they were unable to seize control of the mountainous north where the Picti ruled. That border remained …