Arthur & his wogs
Seems like the new King Arthur movie is more The Winter King than The Once and Future King. Arthur is a Roman defending Romano-British civilization ~500 and Guinevere seems to be a Pictish princess. The Saxons look suitably barbaric. Why the peculiar title? Arthur’s knights are Sarmatians, an Iranian people who occupied the same niche in east-central Europe that the Avars and Magyars later would. Historically some of the Sarmatians who were defeated by Rome in Pannonia were resettled along Hadrian’s Wall. Some have suggested that certain Arthurian motifs point to a Sarmatian influence….
Posted by razib at 01:12 AM
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