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Each of these citations refer to a man whose Latin name was Antonius Donatus Gregorus whom the Welsh called Anwn Dynod. As discussed elsewhere on this site [4], the Maxen in his pedigree was born two generations prior to the Maxen Wledic named Magnus Maximus who was killed in 388.
The father of Clydwyn was, in modern spelling, Ednyfed and he was the son of Antonius Donatus, a name occurring in pedigrees variously as Anthun, Antoni or Dunawt and modernized as Anwn Dynod.
The first element of Dyfnwal is 'dyfn' (modernised as 'Devon'), which is how the kingdom of Dumnonia comes to be known. The second element, 'wal', means 'wealas', which is a term frequently used by Angles and Saxons to denote the presence of Britons (Welsh), in this case the Britons of Devon.
Annun is called Dynod in some pedigrees and it has been suggested that he was called Antonius Donatus, having both a Latin and a British name.
In the final years of Roman rule in Britain, there was a hybrid family headed by Anwn Dynod [4], whose father was the son of the Roman Emperor and whose mother was the daughter of the king of north Wales.
Jan 8, 2023 · Anwn Dynod is named "Dimet map Maxim gulecic" and "Anthun map Maxim gulecic" in early Welsh pedigrees, and "Antoni ap Maxen or Dunawt ap Maxen Wledig" in medival sources. His Latin name was Antonius Donatus Gregorus. Maxen named in the pedigrees would have lived much earlier than Maxen Wledic/Magnus Maximus who was killed in 388, and cannot be him.
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Nov 10, 2014 · Anwn Dynod would have ruled more as a Roman governor rather than a Celtic king and, although he and his brothers have been given Welsh names by later chroniclers, it's much more likely they would have considered themselves Roman.
