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27-409: Camber was the second son of Brutus and Innogen , and a descendant of Aeneas of Troy . Upon his father's death he was given Cambria, while his younger brother Albanactus got Alba (the territory corresponding to modern Scotland ; from Welsh Yr Alban ) and his older brother Locrinus received Logres (corresponding to England except for Cornwall; from Welsh Lloegr ) and the title of King of

54-581: A "sequel" to it. Early chroniclers of Britain, such as Alfred of Beverley , Nicholas Trivet and Giraldus Cambrensis began their histories of Britain with Brutus. The foundation myth of Brutus having settled in Britain was still considered as genuine history during the Early Modern Period , for example Holinshed's Chronicles (1577) considers the Brutus myth to be factual. It was not until

81-708: A city on the banks of the River Thames , which he calls Troia Nova, or New Troy . The name is in time corrupted to Trinovantum , and the city is later called London . He creates laws for his people and rules for twenty-four years. After his death he is buried in Trinovantum, and the island is divided between his three sons: Locrinus ( England ), Albanactus ( Scotland ) and Kamber ( Wales ). Early translations and adaptations of Geoffrey's Historia , such as Wace 's Norman French Roman de Brut , Layamon 's Middle English Brut , were named after Brutus, and

108-454: A number of smaller islands like Capri , Elba , Ischia , and Ustica . The maximum depth of the sea is 3,785 metres (12,418 ft). The Tyrrhenian Sea is situated near where the African and Eurasian Plates meet; therefore mountain chains and active volcanoes, such as Mount Marsili , are found in its depths. The eight Aeolian Islands and Ustica are located in the southern part of

135-453: A series of battles they defeat the Greek king Pandrasus by attacking his camp at night after capturing the guards. He takes him hostage and forces him to let his people go. He is given Pandrasus's daughter Ignoge or Innogen in marriage, and ships and provisions for the voyage, and sets sail. The Trojans land on a deserted island and discover an abandoned temple to Diana . After performing

162-508: A war with Goffarius Pictus , king of Aquitaine , after hunting in the king's forests without permission. Brutus's nephew Turonus dies in the fighting, and the city of Tours is founded where he is buried. The Trojans win most of their battles but are conscious that the Gauls have the advantage of numbers, so go back to their ships and sail for Britain, then called Albion . They land on " Totonesium litus "—"the sea-coast of Totnes ". They meet

189-621: Is a back-arc basin that formed due to the rollback of the Calabrian slab towards South-East during the Neogene . Episodes of fast and slow trench retreat formed first the Vavilov basin and, then, the Marsili basin. Submarine volcanoes and the active volcano Mount Stromboli formed because trench retreat produces extension in the overriding plate allowing the mantle to rise below

216-675: Is part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy . It is named for the Tyrrhenian people identified with the Etruscans of Italy. The sea is bounded by the islands of Corsica and Sardinia (to the west), the Italian Peninsula (regions of Tuscany , Lazio , Campania , Basilicata , and Calabria ) to the north and east, and the island of Sicily (to the south). The Tyrrhenian Sea also includes

243-781: Is synchronised to the time the High Priest Eli was judge in Israel , and when the Ark of the Covenant was taken by the Philistines . A variant version of the Historia Brittonum makes Brutus the son of Ascanius's son Silvius , and traces his genealogy back to Ham , son of Noah . Another chapter traces Brutus's genealogy differently, making him the great-grandson of the legendary Roman king Numa Pompilius , who

270-580: The Historia Brittonum , an anonymous 9th-century historical compilation to which commentary was added by Nennius , but is best known from the account given by the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth in his Historia Regum Britanniae . Some have suggested that attributing the origin of 'Britain' to the Latin 'Brutus' may be ultimately derived from Isidore of Seville 's popular 7th-century work Etymologiae (c. 560–636), in which it

297-517: The Trojan War , and how his son Ascanius founded Alba Longa , one of the precursors of Rome. Ascanius married, and his wife became pregnant. In a variant version, the father is Silvius, who is identified as either the second son of Aeneas, previously mentioned in the Historia , or as the son of Ascanius. A magician, asked to predict the child's future, said it would be a boy and that he would be

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324-467: The "Brutus Stone", commemorates this imaginary event. In 2021, the Totnes community radio station Soundart Radio commissioned a radio drama adaptation of the Brutus myth by the writer Will Kemp. Tyrrhenian Sea The Tyrrhenian Sea ( / t ɪ ˈ r iː n i ən , - ˈ r eɪ -/ , tih- REE -nee-ən ,- RAY - ; Italian : Mar Tirreno [mar tirˈrɛːno] or [-ˈreː-] )

351-676: The "Sea of the Etruscans". Islands of the Tyrrhenian Sea include: The main ports of the Tyrrhenian Sea in Italy are: Naples , Palermo , Civitavecchia ( Rome ), Salerno , Trapani , and Gioia Tauro . There is also Bastia , located in Corsica . Note that even though the phrase "port of Rome" is frequently used, there is in fact no port in Rome. Instead, the "port of Rome" refers to

378-756: The Britons . When Albanactus was murdered by Humber , King of the Huns , Camber joined Locrinus in attacking and defeating him. Like many of the characters reported by Geoffrey, Camber has no historical basis but is the product of Geoffrey of Monmouth 's imagination, invented largely for political ends within the contemporary Anglo-Norman world. The Book of Baglan provides a list of descendants of Camber, starting with his eldest son Gorbonian, who became duke of Cornwall and chief governor of Cambria, and his second son Albon, governor of North Cambria and earl of Ewias and Urtchingfild. Through Gorbonion, Dyfnwal Moelmud

405-567: The appropriate ritual, Brutus falls asleep in front of the goddess's statue and is given a vision of the land where he is destined to settle, an island in the western ocean inhabited only by a few giants. After some adventures in north Africa and a close encounter with the Sirens , Brutus discovers another group of exiled Trojans living on the shores of the Tyrrhenian Sea , led by the prodigious warrior Corineus . In Gaul , Corineus provokes

432-496: The bravest and most beloved in Italy. Enraged, Ascanius had the magician put to death. The mother died in childbirth. The boy, named Brutus, later accidentally killed his father with an arrow and was banished from Italy. After wandering among the islands of the Tyrrhenian Sea and through Gaul , where he founded the city of Tours , Brutus eventually came to Britain, named it after himself, and filled it with his descendants. His reign

459-476: The early medieval European scholarly world (actually of 6th-century AD Byzantine origin, and not Frankish, according to historian Walter Goffart ) and attempted to trace the peoples of the known world (as well as legendary figures, such as the Trojan house of Aeneas) back to biblical ancestors. Supposedly following Roman sources such as Livy and Virgil , the Historia tells how Aeneas settled in Italy after

486-425: The giant descendants of Alebion and defeat them. Brutus renames the island after himself and becomes its first king. Corineus becomes ruler of Cornwall , which is named after him. They are harassed by the giants during a festival, but kill all of them but their leader, the largest giant Goemagot , who is saved for a wrestling match against Corineus. Corineus throws him over a cliff to his death. Brutus then founds

513-464: The maritime facilities at Civitavecchia, some 68 km (42 miles) to the northwest of Rome. Giglio Porto is a small island port in this area. It rose to prominence, when the Costa Concordia ran aground near the coast of Giglio and sank. The ship was later refloated and towed to Genoa for scrapping. In Greek mythology , it is believed that the cliffs above the Tyrrhenian Sea housed

540-457: The same story, but in greater detail. In this version, Brutus is explicitly the grandson, rather than son, of Ascanius; his father is Ascanius' son Silvius. The magician who predicts great things for the unborn Brutus also foretells he will kill both his parents. He does so, in the same manner described in the Historia Brittonum , and is banished. Travelling to Greece, he discovers a group of Trojans enslaved there. He becomes their leader, and after

567-475: The sea, north of Sicily . The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Tyrrhenian Sea as follows: There are four exits from the Tyrrhenian Sea (north to south): The Tyrrhenian Basin is divided into two basins (or plains), the Vavilov plain and the Marsili plain. They are separated by the undersea ridge known as the Issel Bridge, after Arturo Issel . The Tyrrhenian Sea

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594-456: The surface and partially melt. The magmatism here is also affected by the fluids released from the slab. Its name derives from the Greek name for the Etruscans , first mentioned by Hesiod in the 8th century BC who described them as residing in central Italy alongside the Latins. The Etruscans lived along the coast of modern Tuscany , Latium and Campania , and referred to the water as

621-675: The twentieth century that archaeologists were able to prove conclusively that London was founded in 43 AD. The 18th-century English poet Hildebrand Jacob wrote an epic poem, Brutus the Trojan, Founder of the British Empire , about him, following in the tradition of Virgil's fictitious Roman foundation epic the Aeneid , left unfinished at Virgil's death in 19 BC. Geoffrey's Historia says that Brutus and his followers landed at Totnes in Devon . A stone on Fore Street in Totnes, known as

648-665: The word brut came to mean a chronicle of British history. One of several Middle Welsh adaptations was called the Brut y Brenhinedd ("Chronicle of the Kings"). Brut y Tywysogion ("Chronicle of the Princes"), a major chronicle for the Welsh rulers from the 7th century to loss of independence, is a purely historical work containing no legendary material but the title reflects the influence of Geoffrey's work and, in one sense, can be seen as

675-552: Was descended, who became king of Britain, and eventually the line passes to Henry VII . It also gives attributed arms to Camber, "2 lions rampant, vert." Brutus of Britain Brutus , also called Brute of Troy , is a mythical British king. He is described as a legendary descendant of the Trojan hero Aeneas , known in medieval British legend as the eponymous founder and first king of Britain . This legend first appears in

702-534: Was himself a son of Ascanius, and tracing his descent from Noah's son Japheth . These Christianising traditions conflict with the classical Trojan genealogies, relating the Trojan royal family to Greek gods . Yet another Brutus, son of Hisicion, son of Alanus the first European, also traced back across many generations to Japheth, is referred to in the Historia Brittonum . This Brutus's brothers were Francus, Alamanus and Romanus, also ancestors of significant European nations. Geoffrey of Monmouth's account tells much

729-506: Was speculated that the name of Britain comes from bruti , on the basis that the Britons were, in the eyes of that author, brutes, or savages. A more detailed story, set before the foundation of Rome, follows, in which Brutus is the grandson or great grandson of Aeneas – a legend that was perhaps inspired by Isidore's spurious etymology and blends it with the Christian, pseudo-historical, " Frankish Table of Nations " tradition that emerged in

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