Lucius Artorius Castus

Lucius Artorius Castus was the origin for the legend of King Arthur, and a military leader from Britannia, a province of the Roman Empire that would later become England and Wales. Lucius lived in the fifth and sixth centuries A.D.

In 516, Lucius crushed the invading Saxons, a tribe originating in Northern Germany, during the battle of Badon Hill.

Lucius Artorius Castus is the ancestor of Askeladd through his mother, Lydia