Battle of Camlann for Arthur's wounds to be healed, while Wace and Layamon even outright state that this did happen and Arthur is about to return. Other versions like "Mort Artu" and "Le Morte d'Arthur" do not give a definitive answer to Arthur's ultimate fate. Battle of Camlann The Battle of Camlann ( or "Brwydr Camlan") is reputed to have been the final battle of King Arthur, in which he either died or was fatally wounded, fighting either with or against Mordred, who is also said to have died. The name may derive from a Brittonic "*Cambo-landa" ("crooked/twisting-enclosure" or "crooked/twisting open land"), or
Historicity of King Arthur date ascribed to the "Historia Brittonum" which is usually attributed to Nennius, a Welsh ecclesiastic. "Historia Brittonum" lists 12 battles fought by Arthur and gives him the title of "dux bellorum" (war commander or leader), saying that Arthur fought "alongside the kings of the Britons", rather than that Arthur was himself a king. The list is inserted between the death of Hengist and the reign of Ida of Bernicia. Other accounts associating Arthur with the Battle of Badon can be shown to be derived directly or indirectly from the "Historia Brittonum". The earliest version of the "Annales Cambriae" was composed