Aurelius Ambrosius

Roman de Brut

• attestation: Aurelius Ambrosius was Constantine's second son (Roman de Brut > Constantine and Vortigern)

  "The second son was called Aurelius, and his surname Ambrosius"

• attestation: Aurelius Ambrosius ordered his host for battle against the heathen on a chosen plain (Roman de Brut > Aurelius, Hengist's Fall, and Stonehenge)

  "As soon as the king knew that the heathen advanced to give battle, he ordered his host in a plain"

• attestation: Aurelius supported his spearmen with three thousand horsemen who had come from Armorica (Roman de Brut > Aurelius, Hengist's Fall, and Stonehenge)

  "He supported the spearmen with three thousand horsemen, clothed in mail, his own trusty vassals, who had come with him from Armorica"

• attestation: Aurelius divided the Welsh forces into two companies, one on the hills and one hidden in the woods (Roman de Brut > Aurelius, Hengist's Fall, and Stonehenge)

  "The Welsh he made into two companies. The one part he set upon the hills"

• attestation: Aurelius's three thousand horsemen were his own trusted vassals from Armorica (Roman de Brut > Aurelius, Hengist's Fall, and Stonehenge)

  "his own trusty vassals, who had come with him from Armorica"

• attestation: Aurelius hid part of the Welsh forces in the wood to intercept enemies seeking shelter (Roman de Brut > Aurelius, Hengist's Fall, and Stonehenge)

  "The other part he hid within the wood, to stay them if they sought shelter in the forest"

• attestation: Aurelius placed himself among his most loyal household men for the battle (Roman de Brut > Aurelius, Hengist's Fall, and Stonehenge)

  "the king placed himself amidst the chosen men of his own household, those whom he deemed the most loyal to his person"

• attestation: Aurelius positioned the rest of his men in the plain to hold it strongly (Roman de Brut > Aurelius, Hengist's Fall, and Stonehenge)

  "he put every man into the plain, that it should be the more strongly held and defended"

• attestation: Aurelius gave commandments to his captains before the battle (Roman de Brut > Aurelius, Hengist's Fall, and Stonehenge)

  "given his commandment to the captains"

• attestation: Aurelius spoke privately with his friends about the battle plans (Roman de Brut > Aurelius, Hengist's Fall, and Stonehenge)

  "He spoke apart with his friends concerning the battle"

• attestation: The king pursued Hengist vigorously after his retreat (Roman de Brut > Aurelius, Hengist's Fall, and Stonehenge)

  "The king followed fast after him, crying to the hunters, "On, on.""

• attestation: The king pursued his enemies to York after the battle at Caerconan (Roman de Brut > Aurelius, Hengist's Fall, and Stonehenge)

  "The king made no long stay at Caerconan, but followed eagerly after his enemies. He came to York with a great host"

• attestation: The king besieged York with a great host after pursuing the Saxons from Caerconan (Roman de Brut > Aurelius, Hengist's Fall, and Stonehenge)

  "He came to York with a great host, and sat himself down before the city"