Did King Aurthur really exist

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Did King Arthur Truly Exist and if so who was King Arthur? Most people would tell of a great King, a devoted circle of heroic knights, mighty castles and mightier deeds, a time of chivalry and courtly love, of Lancelot and Guinevere, of triumph and death. Historians and archaeologists, especially Leslie Alcock, point to shadowy evidence of a man who was not a king, but a commander of an army, who lived during the late …

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…people would tell of a great King; however, historians and archaeologists, especially Leslie Alcock, point to shadowy evidence of a man who is not a king, but a commander of an army. By looking at the context in which the stories of King Arthur survived, and the evidence pertaining to his castle Camelot and the Battle of Badon Hill, we can begin to see that Arthur is probably not a king as the legend holds.