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Is there some historical evidence that King Arthur may have been a real Celtic chieftain?
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There are essentially two schools of (rational) thought on the matter of Arthur's historicity.
One says that the Arthur legends may have been at least very loosely based on some actual person, whom we know pretty much nothing about.
The other says that the whole thing was entirely made up and even looking for a historical basis for Arthur is a waste of time.
You'll note that neither of them goes so far as to say anything about historical evidence, because there is none of any value.
There are historical documents that mention Arthur, but the ones known not to be actual forgeries are themselves histories written several centuries after his purported time (6th century; the documents themselves are from the 10th-12th century period). Well-attested actual 6th century documents say nothing about him, or any names that at all strongly resemble "Arthur".
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How did King Arthur rule the Celtic tribe?
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What does Arthur mean?
The name 'Arthur' can mean 'bear' (derived from Celtic Artos) or 'stone' (derived from Celtic Art.)
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pi
Does King Arthur have Celtic origin?
yes
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What does name Arthur mean?
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