Historicity of King Arthur in the mid-10th century and gives the date of Badon as 516, and it lists Arthur's death as occurring in 537 at the Battle of Camlann. The annals survive in a version dating from the 10th century, and all other sources that name Arthur were written at least 400 years after the events which they describe. Arthur was first styled as a king of the Britons in Geoffrey of Monmouth's chronicle "Historia Regum Britanniae" (c. 1136). Geoffrey also makes Ambrosius Aurelianus (whom he calls Aurelius Ambrosius) a king of Britain and an older brother of Uther Pendragon, father of Arthur,
I Was the King, I Really Was the King I Was the King, I Really Was the King I Was the King, I Really Was the King is the second album by British alternative rock band Animals That Swim, released in June 1996 via Elemental Records. Its title is taken from a line in the book "This is Orson Welles". "I Was the King, I Really Was the King" received mixed to positive reviews upon release. Allmusic's Ned Raggett saw the LP as a natural progression from the band's debut album, "Workshy", but more energetic and "pop-friendly". He drew musical comparisons with Marc Almond's solo material and the songs