Lucius Artorius Castus
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Lucius Artorius Castus was a Roman military commander. A member of the gens Artoria, he has been suggested as a potential historical basis for King Arthur.
Drawing of the Lucius Artorius Castus inscription from Podstrana, as read (with minor errors) by professor Frane Bulić in the late 1880s (source: T. G. Jackson, "Dalmatia, the Quarnero and Istria", Oxford, 1887, pp. 167)
Historicity of King Arthur
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The historicity of King Arthur has been debated both by academics and popular writers. While there have been many claims that King Arthur was a real historical person, the current consensus among specialists on the period holds him to be a mythological or folkloric figure.
Former site of Arthur's purported grave in "Avalon" at Glastonbury Abbey