* 1914 – World War I: the Battle of Mons ; the British Army begins withdrawal.

The second question is the meaning of the word avita: Gildas could have meant " ancestors ", or intended it to mean more specifically " grandfather " — thus indicating Ambrosius lived about a generation before the Battle of Mons Badonicus.

He saw action at the Battle of Le Cateau that month and during the retreat from Mons.

In 353, Constantius and Magnentius met for what would be the final time at the Battle of Mons Seleucus in southern Gaul, and again, Constantius emerged the victor.

In the summer of 84, Agricola faced the armies of the Caledonians, led by Calgacus, at the Battle of Mons Graupius.

With the XXth Valeria Victrix legion, Agricola defeated the Caledonians in 84 at the Battle of Mons Graupius, in northern Scotland.

After the defeat and death of Magnentius in the Battle of Mons Seleucus in 353, Constantius II dispatched his chief imperial notary Paulus Catena to Britain to hunt down Magnentius ' supporters.

In 84 the Caledonian tribes, led by Calgacus ( known as " the swordsman "), were defeated at the Battle of Mons Graupius by the Romans ' superior tactics and use of professional troops.

These culminate in the Battle of Mons Badonicus, or Mount Badon, where he is said to have single-handedly killed 960 men.

This would corroborate the date given in the Annales Cambriae for the crucial British victory at the Battle of Mons Badonicus in 517, which is believed to have stopped further Anglo-Saxon encroachments in south-west and mid-Britain for at least a generation.

Sixteen days later, after defeating the invaders at the Battle of Mons Algidus, he resigns and returns to his farm.

* Possible date of the Battle of Mons Graupius ( 83 or 84 ).

* Possible date of the Battle of Mons Graupius ( 83 or 84 ), in which Gnaeus Julius Agricola defeats the Caledonians.

* Possible date for the Battle of Mons Badonicus: Romano-British and Celts defeat an Anglo-Saxon army that may have been led by the bretwalda Aelle of Sussex or possibly Cerdic of Wessex ( approximate date ; suggested dates range from 490 to 517 ).

* The Ostrogoth Kingdom is conquered by the Byzantines after the Battle of Mons Lactarius.

The last mention of chariot use in battle seems to be at the Battle of Mons Graupius, somewhere in modern Scotland, in AD 84.

* Battle of Mons Seleucus: Emperor Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius, who commits suicide in Gaul in order to avoid capture.

Key battles included the Battle of Charleroi and the Battle of Mons.

After the Battle of Jemappes ( 1792 ), the Hainaut area was annexed to France and Mons became the capital of the Jemappes district.

* Battle of Mons, 1914

The earliest source to describe the Battle of Mons Badonicus is De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae ( On the Ruin and Conquest of Britain ), written by the monk Gildas in the mid 6th century.

Totila was succeeded by his relative, Teia, who later died at the Battle of Mons Lactarius.

Totila was succeeded by his relative, Teia, who later died at the Battle of Mons Lactarius.

He mentions the victory at the Battle of Mons Badonicus, a feat attributed to King Arthur in later texts, though Gildas is unclear as to who led the battle.

In the 2004 film King Arthur, Cerdic and Cynric were depicted as Saxon invaders, and were killed, respectively, by King Arthur and Lancelot at the Battle of Badon Hill ( Mons Badonicus ).

He and Cynric were depicted as Saxon invaders, and were killed, respectively, by Arthur and Lancelot at the Battle of Badon Hill ( Mons Badonicus ).

In any case the historical Taliesin's career can be shown to have fallen in the last half of the 6th century, while historians who argue for Arthur's existence date his victory at Mons Badonicus in the years to either side of AD 500 ; the Annales Cambriae offers the date of 532 for his death or disappearance in the Battle of Camlann, only a few years earlier than the date of 542 found in the Historia Regum Britanniae.

* Battle of Mons Badonicus c. AD 496 ( 12th battle ) The date, location, and contestants of this battle are a matter of considerable debate.

As far back as Geoffrey of Monmouth, the Arthurian Battle of Mons Badonicus ( c. 500 ) has been suggested to have taken place near Aquae Sulis.

Cunedda's heir, Einion Yrth defeated the remaining Gaelic Irish on Môn by 470, while his son Cadwallon Lawhir appears to have consolidated the realm during the time of relative peace following the Battle of Mons Badonicus where the Anglo-Saxons were soundly defeated.

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Carr has suggested that such a force could be one of the sources of the legends of King Arthur, and that Badbury could be the " Badon " of the legend of the Battle of Mons Badonicus.

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# REDIRECT Battle of Mons Badonicus

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According to tradition, Cadwallon ruled during, or shortly after, the Battle of Mons Badonicus, and King Arthur's victory over the Saxons ( in either the early 490s or the mid 510s ).

* Battle of Mons Badonicus probably in the range 490-517

* c. 497, Defeat of the Anglo-Saxons in the Battle of Mons Badonicus by Britons led by King Arthur.

It is known that the Britons severely defeated an invading Anglo-Saxon army at the Battle of Mons Badonicus some time around the year 500.