Archive - Coeling Chronicler

Short ruminations on Arthur.

Finding the Dux Bellorum

Jul 8 •

Guest Article: Wickbam - Procopius, Gildas, and the Unhappy Partition

Amidst his otherwise sober discussion of military and political affairs in the Mediterranean, Balkans, Caucasus and Levant during the 6th century…

Jul 7 •

June 2024

Guest Feature: @P5ych0p0mp: Arthur's Battles: A new perspective.

My good friend p5ych0p0mp has once again graciously allowed me to post an article of his, this time touching on a new set of possible battle sites for…

Jun 28 •

May 2024

Alt Clut: The other Kings in the North.

Untangling the web of Kinship amongst the kings of Northern Britain.

May 24 •

Update from Aurochs

So as you will notice, I have once again changed the name of the substack. I originally thought that posts on blacksmithing projects would be a regular…

May 2 •

March 2024

Eliffer, King of Ebrauc

Like many figures from the Brythonic Heroic Age, Eliffer is quite obscure. He is mentioned in some of the pedigrees for men of the north, the Annales…

Mar 30 •

Ken Dark's Brigantian High-Kingship and the Coeling

In his book, ‘Britain and the Fall of the Roman Empire’ Ken Dark notes that while the Roman Forts in Wales show little to no occupation in the 5th and…

Mar 14 •

February 2024

Small Announcement

Hello everyone, Substack as been a great medium for me to further my research and has been great incentive to brush up on my long form writing. Some of…

Feb 26 •

The Composite Arthur Pt. 1

A Multi-faceted Man As I have stated many times, though I search for the original kernel of truth behind the legendary Arthur, there is no denying that…

Feb 4 •

December 2023

During a Feast on New Year sometime in the early 6th century, King Arthur and his nobles are interrupted while exchanging gifts by a most unusual…

Dec 26, 2023 •

Year End Update

What has Aurochs been up to?

Dec 18, 2023 •

End of the year compilation

Threads from twitter that haven't been expanded into full articles.

Dec 10, 2023 •

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