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It does seem that Ambrosius is the significant name that leaps out of those times. When I travel up the M5 and pass Bredon hill - an outlier of the Cotswolds I understand - I can't help my imagination running away with me that this is Badon. That a large force of Saxons came west to detroy the power of the sub-Roman kingdoms, driving Ambrosius until they met at Bredon Hill. But I am informed that Baddan near Bath is a better contender for Badon and that Bredon simply means 'Hill Hill'. There is so little information from those times that my conclusion is that we just do not know but as C.S.Lewis makes the point in 'That Hideous Strength' the whole legend of Arthur fits into the times by place names, personal names and national character.
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