 Magnus Maximus

In Welsh literary tradition, Magnus Maximus is the central figure in the emergence of a free Britain in the post-Roman era.Royal and religious genealogies compiled in the Middle Ages have him as the ancestor of kings and saints.In the Welsh story of "Breuddwyd Macsen Wledig" ("The Dream of Emperor Maximus"), he is Emperor of Rome and marries a wondrous British woman, telling her that she may name her desires, to be received as a wedding portion.