# History of the Britons (Historia Brittonum)

Author: Nennius, active 796; Giles, J. A. (John Allen), 1808-1884 [Translator]

Genre: Arthurian Legends

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1972

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=History+of+the+Britons+%28Historia+Brittonum%29+Nennius&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Be it known to your charity, that being dull in intellect and rude of speech, I have presumed to deliver these things in the Latin tongue, not trusting to my own learning, which is little or none at all, but partly from traditions of our ancestors, partly from writings and monuments of the ancient inhabitants of Britain, partly from the annals of the Romans, and the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Isidore, Hieronymus, Prosper, Eusebius, and from the histories of the Scots and Saxons, although our enemies, not following my own inclinations, but, to the best of my ability, obeying the commands of my seniors; I have lispingly put together this history from various sources, and have endeavo...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-the-britons-historia-brittonum-1972/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-the-britons-historia-brittonum-1972/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-the-britons-historia-brittonum-1972/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-the-britons-historia-brittonum-1972/chapters/4/index.md)