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Cynfor Cadcathug. As
Arthur Wade-Evans notes, it is with
Mawgan that the
Powysian "pedigree
begins to be unreliable" – or, in the
words of
Peter Bartrum...
- Oswald †
Strength 2,000
Mercian forces 1,200
Powysian forces 1,000
Casualties and
losses 100
Mercians killed 600
Powysian fighters killed Heavy, 800 killed...
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Powyseg (or
Powysian; Welsh:
Powyseg or y Bowyseg) is a
dialect of the
Welsh language spoken in the
central areas of Wales. It is one of the four major...
- of
peace in
exchange for the gold and
information on how to
capture the
Powysian stronghold of Ratae. With Dumnonia's
eastern border secure Arthur marches...
- the
Harleian Genealogies,
which include several contradictory lines of
Powysian kings and show
every sign of
scribal error and in some case deliberate...
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reference to the
descendants of Selyf,
serpents of battle, by the 12th-century
Powysian court poet
Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr, who,
after the dynasty's fall, went to...
- of
Powys and
defeated its army in the
Battle of Chester, in
which the
Powysian king
Selyf Sarffgadau was killed,
along with
another king
called Cetula...
- the
Harleian Genealogies,
which include several contradictory lines of
Powysian kings and show
every sign of
scribal error and in some case deliberate...
- Magonsæte sub-kingdom also
emerged in the area in the
interlude between Powysian and
Mercian rule.
Viroconium may have
served as the
early post-Roman capital...
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descendants would rule in
Powys from then on. It is
unclear where the
Powysian capital was at the time;
tradition suggests the
Clwydian hillfort Foel...
