Ambrosius Aurelianus is one of the few people that Gildas identifies by name in his sermon De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae, and the only one named from the 5th century.

This is perhaps a generation before the battle that Gildas says were commanded by Ambrosius Aurelianus.

" In Chapter 48 Ambrosius Aurelianus is described as " king among all the kings of the British nation ".

Ambrosius Aurelianus appears in later pseudo-chronicle tradition beginning with Geoffrey's Historiae Regum Britanniae with the slightly garbled name Aurelius Ambrosius, now presented as son of a King Constantine.

If this etymology is combined with the tradition reported by Geoffrey of Monmouth stating that Ambrosius Aurelianus ordered the building of Stonehenge – which is located within the parish of Amesbury ( and where Ambrosius was supposedly buried ) – and with the presence of an Iron Age hill fort also in that parish, then it may be tempting to connect Ambrosius with Amesbury.

In Alfred Duggan's Conscience of the King, a historical novel about Cerdic, founder of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex, Ambrosius Aurelianus is a Romano-British general who rose independently to military power, forming alliances with various British kings and setting out to drive the invading Saxons from Britain.

In Valerio Massimo Manfredi's The Last Legion, Aurelianus ( here called " Aurelianus Ambrosius Ventidius ") is a major character and is shown as one of the last loyal Romans, going to enormous lengths for his boy emperor Romulus Augustus, whose power has been wrested by the barbarian Odoacer.

In Rosemary Sutcliff's The Lantern Bearers Prince Ambrosius Aurelianus of Arfon drives out the Saxons by training his British army with Roman techniques and making effective use of cavalry.

In Jack Whyte's Camulod Chronicles, Ambrosius Aurelianus is the half-brother of Caius Merlyn Britannicus ( Merlin ) and helps him lead the people of Camulod ( Camelot ).

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The sequence of events of the fifth and sixth centuries is particularly difficult to access, peppered with a mixture of mythology, such as the characters of Hengist and Horsa, and legend, such as St Germanus's so-called " Alleluia Victory " against the Heathens, and half-remembered history, such as the exploits of Ambrosius Aurelianus and King Arthur.

Geoffrey combined existing stories of Myrddin Wyllt ( Merlinus Caledonensis ), a North Brythonic prophet and madman with no connection to King Arthur, with tales of the Romano-British war leader Ambrosius Aurelianus to form the composite figure he called Merlin Ambrosius ().

His father was Aurelius Ambrosius, the praetorian prefect of Gaul ; his mother was a woman of intellect and piety.

Following the destructive assault of the Saxons, the survivors gather together under the leadership of Ambrosius, who is described as ;

But there are smaller snippets of tradition preserved in the Historia Brittonum: in Chapter 31, we are told that Vortigern ruled in fear of Ambrosius ; later, in Chapter 66, various events are dated from a Battle of Guoloph ( often identified with Wallop, ESE of Amesbury near Salisbury ), which is said to have been between Ambrosius and Vitolinus ; lastly, in Chapter 48, it is said that Pascent, the son of Vortigern, was granted rule over the regions of Buellt and Gwrtheyrnion by Ambrosius.

He had three sons who all became flower painters ; Ambrosius II, Johannes and Abraham.

In many places in his Historia Regum Britanniae Geoffrey mixes British legend and his own imagination ; it is intriguing that he connects Ambrosius Aurelianus with this prehistoric monument as there is place-name evidence to connect Ambrosius with nearby Amesbury.

Besides that, more reminds us of Vortigern ; the name of the bishop is Guitelin, a name similar to the Vitalinus mentioned in the ancestry of Vortigern, and to the Vitalinus who is said to have fought with an Ambrosius at the Battle of Guoloph ( Battle of Wallop ).

" Some were for setting up Aurelius Ambrosius ; others Uther Pendragon ; others again some other persons of the royal family.

He may possibly be Macrobius Ambrosius Theodosius, the author of Saturnalia ; some think he may be the emperor of that name.

* 1494 in art-Birth of Ambrosius Holbein, Jacopo Pontormo ; Death of Domenico Ghirlandaio

Reeves recently appeared on Vh-1's " Diva's celebrate Soul ," singing her 1965 hit " Nowhere To Run " backed by singers Marsha Ambrosius and Sharon Jones of the Dap Kings ; on " Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Many historical personas ( some already included in the Arthurian legend ) exist in the Cycle, alongside less " factual " characters: Taliesin, Magnus Maximus, Theodosius, Ambrosius Aurelianus, Vortigern, Constantine III, Myrddin Wyllt, Clovis I, Gwyddno Garanhir, Elffin ap Gwyddno, Horsa, Hengest, Cerdic, Aelle, Gildas, and Aneirin ( in the series, it is revealed that the last two are the same person ; born with the name Aneirin, he changes it to Gildas after Arthur's death ).

The 4th and 5th editions were edited by Albert Scobel ( 1851-1912 ); the 6th through 8th editions, by Ernst Ambrosius ; and the final edition, by Konrad Frenzel.

Geoffrey's composite Merlin is based primarily on Myrddin Wyllt, also called Merlinus Caledonensis, and Aurelius Ambrosius, a mostly fictionalised version of the historical war leader Ambrosius Aurelianus.

According to the Grail cycle, it was Uther's older brother ( elsewhere called Ambrosius Aurelianus ) who saw the comet and received the name " Pendragon ", Uther taking his epithet after his death.

The boy they found was called Myrddin Emrys ( Merlin Ambrosius ).

* Ambrosius Aurelianus, son of Constantine II of Britain, called " Pendragon " in the Vulgate Cycle

In 1534, Duke Ulrich called him to Württemberg in aid of the Reformation there, as well as for the reconstitution of the University of Tübingen, which he carried out in concert with Ambrosius Blarer of Constance.

After inviting Ambrosius ( her colleague ) to join her on stage to perform at a spoken word night, where they debuted a piece that they had written together called " Fantasize ", combining spoken word and singing, Floetry was born.

After inviting Ambrosius to join her on stage to perform at a spoken word night, where they debuted a piece that they had written together called " Fantasize ", combining spoken word and singing, it seemed to make sense to combine the two and Floetry was born.

At the entrance to the Old Town stood the " Tattered or Ragged gate " () or as it was later called St. Ambrosius Gate at the end of Celetná ( Tentmaker Street ).

According to Gildas, initial vigorous British resistance was led by a man called Ambrosius Aurelianus, from which time victory fluctuated between the two nations.

Aurelius Ambrosius, better known in English as Saint Ambrose ( c. 330 – 4 April 397 ), was an archbishop of Milan who became one of the most influential ecclesiastical figures of the 4th century.

Mary Stewart's The Crystal Cave follows Geoffrey of Monmouth in calling him Aurelius Ambrosius and portrays him as the father of Merlin, the elder brother of Uther ( hence uncle of Arthur ), an initiate of Mithras, and generally admired by everyone except the Saxons.

Hengist continues that Vortigern's subjects threaten Vortigern and say that they will bring over Aurelius Ambrosius from Armorica to depose Vortigern and make Aurelius king.

In chapter III, Hengist is struck with terror after hearing that Aurelius Ambrosius had rallied the Britons and burned Vortigern alive in a tower, " for he dreaded the valour of Aurelius.

When he included the prophet in his next work, Historia Regum Britanniae, he supplemented the characterisation by attributing to him stories about Aurelius Ambrosius, taken from Nennius ' Historia Brittonum.

He keeps this new figure separate from Aurelius Ambrosius, and to disguise his changing of Nennius, he simply states that Ambrosius was another name for Merlin.

In the first, Merlin creates Stonehenge as a burial place for Aurelius Ambrosius.

The fifth-century king Aurelius Ambrosius wished to erect a memorial to 3, 000 nobles slain in battle against the Saxons and buried at Salisbury, and at Merlin's advice chose Stonehenge.

* April 4 – Aurelius Ambrosius, bishop of Milan

* Aurelius Ambrosius, bishop of Milan ( approximate date )

Some modern scholars suggest that Gildas ' text implies that Aurelius Ambrosius was the Briton leader at Badon.

He excoriates his fellow Britons for their sins, while at the same time lauding heroes such as Aurelius Ambrosius, whom he is the first to describe as a leader of the resistance to the Saxons.

Uther and his other brother Aurelius Ambrosius, still children, flee to Brittany.

Aurelius Ambrosius is Ambrosius Aurelianus, mentioned by Gildas, though his connection to Constantine and Constans is unrecorded.