Caerleon

by Brian Edward Rise

 
A small town in Wales, County Gwent, alongside the River Usk containing the ruins of a Roman legionary fort and amphitheater. The name means “City of the Legion” in Welsh so it has been claimed that Caerleon is the location of Arthur’s ninth battle in the Historia Brittonum although others say that Chester is the location meant in the context of that text.

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