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| | Gildas, when did he write? |
 | | For this reason, a floruit is difficult to establish, and it may vary from 495 to 525. |
 | | With these attempts to date Maglocunus and the British kings finalized, we must come to the conclusion that it is not possible to date DEB to a few years before 547, for the simple reason that it is not possible to date the death of Maglocunus/Maelgwn Gwynedd to that year. |
 | | As we have seen, the floruits of the five kings, though based on late evidence, should preferably be assigned to the first decades of the sixth century, rather than the orthodox middle. |
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