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1、WasKingArthuronlyaLegend?No,KingArthurwasnotonlyalegend.Intheninthcentury,ahistoriancalledNenniuswroteabookcalledHistoriaBritonum.ItwasahistoryofBritain,aboutthelifeofCelticleader,Arthur,andhisknights.NenniuswrotethatArthurwasagreatCelticmilitaryleaderofthe5thand6thcen
2、tury.HefoughtagainsttheSaxons,fromtheyear513to537.HeandhismenwonmanybattlesagainsttheSaxons.Hispeoplelovedandrememberedhimforcenturiesafter.Therearelotsofoldballads,songs,poemsandstoriesaboutArthurandhisknights.In1470,SirThomasMalorywroteaboutArthurandhiscastle,Camelot
3、.HiswritingsareacompleteandaccuraterecordoftheKing’slifeandtimes.Todaytherearemanybooksandfilmsindifferentlanguagesonthisexcitingsubject.KingArthurissofamousthatheispartoftheBritenliterarycycle.图文示例：Glastonbury:WhereArthurwasburiedCadburyCastle:CamelotTintagel:Arthurwa
4、sbornhereDozmaryPool:ThelakewhereArthurfoundExcaliburWinchester:ThisiswherethefamousRoundTableis.BeforeArthur’sTimeThefirstinhabitantsofBritainwereprobablytheCelts.TheycamefromGermanyinthethirdcenturyBC.TheRomangeneral,JuliusCaesar,invadedBritainintheyear54BC.Hehad25,0
5、00soldiersand2,000horses.ButhedidnotstayinBritain.HewenttofighttheGaulsinFrance.In43AD.theRomanEmperorClaudiusinvadedBritain.ThistimetheRomansstayed.BritainbecameaRomanprovince,calledBritannia.TheRomansbuiltroads,wallsandtowns.TherearemanyRomanremainsinBritain.Hadrian’
6、sWallisagoodexample.ItwasbuiltbytheRomanEmperorHadrianin122AD.HebuiltitinthenorthofBritaintokeepouttheScots.Itisabout120kilometreslong.Ittooksixyearstobuild.TheRomansleftBritainin410AD.after350years.Duringthefifthandsixthcentury,theAnglesandtheSaxonsinvadedBritain.Thel
7、egendaryKingArthurfoughtagainsttheseinvadersandothers.CHAPTERONEYoungArthurIntheyear493,UtherPendragonbecameKingofBritain.HehadacounsellornamedMerlin.Merlinwasalsoamagician.WhenKingUther’ssonArthurwasborn,Merlinsaid,‘Yoursonmustgrowupawayfromthecourt.Itissafer!’Merling
8、avethebabysontoSirEctorandhiswife.Theyraisedhimwell.WhenKingUtherdiedin509,Britainhadnoking.Thecountryhadmanyproblems
