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The Saxon sources for individuals named Arthur/Arthor are also from the 9th and 10th centuries and are both more numerous and can be more securely dated to this period (the "early" Welsh sources are known from 12th and 13th C Latin manuscript copies with many late additions). Many "Welsh" names are of Germanic origin, as the individuals from which they derive were not native Britons, but former Roman officers, who by the 4th and 5th centuries, were commonly Germanic. German forces were recruited first by Julius Caesar and several inscriptions from Roman Britain were made by German troops.

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