Asclepiodotus

Family: Britons · Role: duke of Cornwall and king of Britain · First appears: Book V 4–7

Life events

• The Britons advanced Asclepiodotus to be their king.(Book V 4–7)
  • “But the Britons, not enduring this, advanced Asclepiodotus, duke of Cornwall, to be their king”
• Asclepiodotus defeated and killed Allectus.(Book V 4–7)
  • With: Allectus
  • “But Asclepiodotus had the advantage, and dispersed and put to flight Allectus's troops, and in the pursuit killed many thousands, as also king Allectus himself.”
• Coel killed Asclepiodotus in battle and took possession of his crown.(Book V 4–7)
  • With: Coel
  • “In the meantime Coel, duke of Kaercolvin or Colchester, made an insurrection against king Asclepiodotus, and in a pitched battle killed him, and took possession of his crown.”

Book V 4–7

• with Allectus (Asclepiodotus defeated and killed Allectus.) “But Asclepiodotus had the advantage, and dispersed and put to flight Allectus's troops, and in the pursuit killed many thousands, as also king Allectus himself.”
• with Livius Gallus (Gallus surrendered to Asclepiodotus.) “Gallus consented to the proposal, and accordingly surrendered himself and his men to Asclepiodotus, who was disposed to give them quarter; but he was prevented by a body of Venedotians, who rushed upon them, and the same day cut off all their heads upon a brook within the city, which from the name of the commander was afterwards called in the British tongue Nautgallim, and in the Saxon Gallembourne.”
• with Coel (Coel rebelled against and killed Asclepiodotus.) “In the meantime Coel, duke of Kaercolvin or Colchester, made an insurrection against king Asclepiodotus, and in a pitched battle killed him, and took possession of his crown.”
• enemies with Allectus “But the Britons, not enduring this, advanced Asclepiodotus, duke of Cornwall, to be their king, and then unanimously marched against Allectus, and challenged him to battle.”
• enemies with Livius Gallus “Asclepiodotus seeing this laid siege to the city, and sent word to all the dukes of Britain, that he had killed Allectus with a great number of his men, and was besieging Gallus and the rest of the Romans in London”
• enemies with Coel “In the meantime Coel, duke of Kaercolvin or Colchester, made an insurrection against king Asclepiodotus, and in a pitched battle killed him, and took possession of his crown.”

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Extracted from the original text of The History of the Kings of Britain. Made with Rho MD.