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Originally posted by Nick1986

Perhaps the Lady of the Lake was a druidess who presented Arthur with the sword? It's possible the two swords (Excalibur and the sword from the stone) were originally one and the same
Yes indeed, Nick, I had forgotten the story's development which might have them being the same, though I'm guessing this would have been the version prior the sword being broken maybe.

As for Sarmatians in Britain, they were based in Richester. Those Alani get about a bit. Shift+R improves the quality of this image. Shift+A improves the quality of all images on this page.
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Ala Primae Sarmatarum

The First Wing of Sarmatians

Cassius Dio (Historiarum Romanorum quae Supersunt LXXI.xvi.2) records that 5,500 Sarmatian cavalry were posted to Britain under the terms of the treaty of ad175. These men would very likely have been split into eleven Cavalry Alae of quingenary strength (i.e. 500 troopers per unit), or may have been used to provide a cavalry contingent for around twenty-odd under-strength infantry units, thus forming cohortes equitatae, or indeed, any combination. It is very unlikely that any were formed into a large cavalryala milliaria, as these are very rare, there being generally only a single example in any one province, and the only one recorded in Britain was housed in the Stanwix fort onHadrian's Wall, the Ala Petriana. These cavalry troopers must have been housed in forts scattered throughout northern Britain and Wales; some of which were apparently formed into the Ala Sarmatarum and stationed at the Ribchester fort. The unit is attested only on two undated inscriptions.

As the ala became depleted - through retirement mostly - its numbers were not replenished it seems, and its status changed to that of a numerus 'company' by 222-35, and thence to a lowly cuneus 'wedge' by the end of the fourth century. The tile stamped < style="color: rgb68, 170, 221; font-family: nimrod; ">BSAR found at Catterick, may have connections with this unit in one of its several incarnations. During its entire lifetime the unit was stationed at Ribchester in Britain, and uniquely allowed to change its military classification.

Evidence for The Ala in Britain

  1. Bremetenacum (Ribchester, Lancashire; RIB 594 et 595).
  2. ?Bremetenacum (Ribchester, Lancashire; RIB 587; ad222-35).
  3. ?Cataractonium (Catterick, North Yorkshire; RIB 2479; stamped tile).
  4. ?Bremetenacum (Ribchester, Lancashire; Notitia Dignitatum xl.54; c. 4th/5th C. ad).

Numerus Equitum Sarmatarum - The Company of Sarmatian Horsemen

  1. Ribchester (RIB 583; dedicatory inscription to Apollo; ad241).

Cuneus Sarmatarum - The Formation of Sarmatians

  1. Ribchester (Notitia Dignitatum).
http://www.roman-britain.org/military/alaisar.htm
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Originally posted by Nick1986

Merlin's disappearance is interesting. According to the legends he was imprisoned by his lover but at the same time Arthur had begun a quest for the holy grail. Could Merlin have been banished by Arthur for refusing to convert to Christianity?
 
I"m no scholar but I know much about legends pertaining to Merlin. According to some, Merlin is close to a word meaning "Mad Prophet". (I think it's Welsh). Merlin was a wise pagan who became a Christian close to his death before he was murdered. Also, since there was a Merlin during Uther and Arthur's time, it's likely that there were too similar Merlins of great fame that contributed to the legend of "The Merlin" of Myth and Legend.
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