Was King Arthur's Round Table Found in Chester?

[wolram]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/07/12/2010-07-12_king_arthurs_round_table_found_say_historians_camelot_centerpiece_was_ancient_ro.html

King Arthur's legendary Round Table is no longer the stuff of fantasy - researchers say they've found the location of the most famous landmark in Camelot's magical kingdom.

Historians exploring the legend of King Arthur believe they've finally solved the mystery with the recent discovery of an ancient Roman amphitheater in Chester, England, reports London's Telegraph

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/07/12/2010-07-12_king_arthurs_round_table_found_say_historians_camelot_centerpiece_was_ancient_ro.html#ixzz0u3EHfAzS

 

[waht]

Amazing discovery.

http://historicalexpeditions.com/

 

[waht]

There is more pics around the site:

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Roman+Amphitheater+chester,+uk&z=e

 

[hypatia]

What a wonderful find, nice bit of history with the City of Legions.

 

[arildno]

Fascinating for that Gildas bit, noting a city of legions with a martyr's shrine.

Here's the text to search into find his exact reference:
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/gildas-full.html

 

[waht]

Fascinating for that Gildas bit, noting a city of legions with a martyr's shrine.

Here's the text to search into find his exact reference:
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/gildas-full.html

Couldn't find a reference to city of legions in the text, but to marty's shrine:

In less than ten years, therefore, of the above named persecution, and when these bloody decrees began to fail in consequence of the death of their authors, all Christ s young disciples, after so long and wintry a night, begin to behold the genial light of heaven. They rebuild the churches, which had been levelled to the ground; they found, erect, and finish churches to the holy martyrs, and everywhere show their ensigns as token of their victory; festivals are celebrated and sacraments received with clean hearts and lips, and all the church's sons rejoice as it were in the fostering bosom of a mother.