was King Arthur actually a real king in the dark ages ?

Question

was King Arthur a legend character or was he actually a real person please answer i'll rate you 5 and choose you as best answer please

Answer 1

there is evidence to suggest that King Arthur was a Saxon king part of the dark ages. He is also said to be son Uther Pendragon and Igraine of Cornwall. He may have gained fame as a warrior due to fighting off Germanic invaders during the late 5th and early 6th centuries.

However, the legend surrounding him is just that. A legend. A legend has some basis in fact but over the centuries this fact may have been lost or distorted into the romanticised legend of Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table we know of today.

Answer 2

King Arthur is a Celtic legend set in the Dark Ages based on a real person.



Lucius Artorius Castus 200ce was a military commander of ancient Rome who guarded Hadrians Wall. The story of Artorius became the basis of the later King Arthur ledgends.

Answer 3

Pro-ba-bly not. As the Wikipedia articles about him demonstrate, he appears to be based on a War Leader (Dux Bellorum) of the post-Roman era who set back the Saxon Conquest of Britain for about a hundred years at the Battle of Badon Hill. Now Dux Bellorum has evolved into the modern aristocratic title of Duke. So Arthur, if he was real, was probably a duke. He could have been a King, and he was very likely but not absolutely certainly real, but he was most likely a great general.

Answer 4

Real, I believe all of it, if the movie was American though, then I don't believe that, I believe the English stuff about King Arthur. Excalibur WAS the sword in the stone, it got thrown in the lake, the lady of the lake gave it back to King Arthur.

Answer 5

no, because king arthur like to be a general in the dark ages rather than a king and i assure you that.

Answer 6

no one is really sure of the difference between the truth and the legends. there was a king aurther. but i highly doubt he realy pulled a magic sword out of a stone but you never know. it could be true.



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Answer 7

Some like to think so....I think it possible.

Answer 8

http://www.my.familytree.dsl.pipex.com/king_arthur_fact_or_fiction.htm

http://www.castles.me.uk/king-arthur.htm

http://www.arthurian-legend.com/

http://www.felicitypulman.com.au/articles/article5.htm

http://www.hallofnames.com/history_arthur.html

http://www.cornwall-calling.co.uk/legendof.htm



No-one knows for sure.