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    From Chris Dickinson@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 26 06:34:56 2023
    I've been looking at a wiki article on the 'emperor' Magnus Maximus:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Maximus

    My interest is purely an historical one, rather than genealogical, but I hadn't previously realised how important he is in British/Breton legend.

    I'd be interested in any insights you may have (or have had in previous threads), and apologise for the vagueness of this post. I'm searching for something, but not quite sure what!

    Chris

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  • From Will Johnson@21:1/5 to ch...@dickinson.uk.net on Thu Jan 26 08:22:23 2023
    On Thursday, January 26, 2023 at 6:34:58 AM UTC-8, ch...@dickinson.uk.net wrote:
    I've been looking at a wiki article on the 'emperor' Magnus Maximus:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Maximus

    My interest is purely an historical one, rather than genealogical, but I hadn't previously realised how important he is in British/Breton legend.

    I'd be interested in any insights you may have (or have had in previous threads), and apologise for the vagueness of this post. I'm searching for something, but not quite sure what!

    Chris

    We have to remember that the Pillar of Eliseq was inscribed four hundred years afterwards.
    So not a good source for the existence of some daughter called Severa

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  • From Chris Dickinson@21:1/5 to wjhons...@gmail.com on Thu Jan 26 11:54:56 2023
    On Thursday, 26 January 2023 at 16:22:25 UTC, wjhons...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Thursday, January 26, 2023 at 6:34:58 AM UTC-8, ch...@dickinson.uk.net wrote:
    I've been looking at a wiki article on the 'emperor' Magnus Maximus:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Maximus

    My interest is purely an historical one, rather than genealogical, but I hadn't previously realised how important he is in British/Breton legend.

    I'd be interested in any insights you may have (or have had in previous threads), and apologise for the vagueness of this post. I'm searching for something, but not quite sure what!

    Chris
    We have to remember that the Pillar of Eliseq was inscribed four hundred years afterwards.
    So not a good source for the existence of some daughter called Severa
    Thank you, Will.
    Yes, the genealogical linkage isn't going to work. I'm more interested in why or how or whether his name became associated with these later legends.
    Chris

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