Originally it was Northern British Brigantes/Rheged which then contracted into Gwynedd, the Sarmatian knights which were the basis for the legend had been given veteran settlements around Ribchester in Lancashire were the first 500 strong Ala had been based, these tribal lands then extending Northwards, there is genetic evidence of their descendants.
One of the main contenders as the basis for Camelot as having been important is Camulodunum named after the war God Camus, modern day Colchester, which had been the capital of the Roman province of Brittania, the main problem with that though is by tradition the battles Arthur fought were in establishing a Kingdom in Northern England so accordingly i want to consider the Camulodunum of the North.
Ptolemy then places this Camulodunum in the tribal region of the Setantii fairly close to the Portus Setantiorum, these were a sept or sub-tribe of the Brigantes, who ruled the entire north of England, this tribal settlement never appears to become Roman which has made actual identification of the place suggested difficult, but it is mentioned again in a more localized context;
In suggesting that Camuloduno lay between the Roman Forts at Lancaster and Watercrook the only possibility is connection with the Roman Fort at Galacum and the nearby Roman settlement of modern day Casterton, the stone Fort which could hold a 1,000 man garrison and remained in use throughout the Roman occupation was in association with the Setantii settlement of Camuloduno
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The southernmost boundary of the Setantii tribal lands was Seteia, the Mersey River . Their territory is thought to have reached as far north as Borrow Beck, just south of Tebay, in southern Cumbria. A form of their Celtic tongue survived in this area until the twelfth century
The question then is what importance would the settlement at Camulodunum have had in the struggles of Post-Roman Britain, or more likely the nearby Roman Fort of Galacum, and the first thing that should be noted is that nobody had any interest in a united Britain, that was impossible, and the breakdown appears to have been according to the old tribal confederations, thus the concern here was in re-establishing the tribal region of the Brigantes;
Initially the Kingdom of Rheged then covered most of Northern England, but then was split with only the Western half retaining the name, Camulodunum was central within this Kingdom, with Carlisle as it's Northern capital under Carvetii control and Ribchester in the South under the Setantii
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