South Wales Forgotten Trojan History (Part A)

Bernard Jones is an Author & Historian from South Wales.

He has spent almost 40 years researching the Trojan War because the Welsh nation always asserted their descendancy from Troy. Sadly, this history was removed from the school curriculum throughout the land, in our so-called ‘modern age’. As a result, large portions of our nation are unaware of our ancient and illustrious past. Bernard’s research has resulted in two ground-breaking books that confi rm the veracity of these ancient histories. In particular, Trojan exiles came to South Wales 3,000 years ago, settled in the areas between Gwent and Glamorgan and founded towns that are known to us today. But, more about this later.

The Trojan War was the greatest catastrophe of the ancient world, but the truth about it has never been established – until very recently. Decades of research has fi nally resolved this 3,000-year-old mystery. Homer, in his epic the Iliad, tells us all about the Trojan War. Incredibly, the geography of Homer’s Bronze Age world was found not to be in the Mediterranean or Aegean but in Britain! Bernard’s research confi rms the location of the Trojan War and the Bronze Age city of Troy. As a direct result, his discoveries verify the authenticity of the Trojan-British history, a history that goes back to such early times that many historians cannot believe it to be true.

The Trojan-British history begins immediately after the Fall of Troy, and the genealogy of the ancient British kings extends all the way back to Aeneas, a prince of Troy. Aeneas survived the war and led his people in exile to found a new Troy. His voyage took seven years before he brought his fl eet to rest. Here, he was received honourably by Latinus the king who, because of an oracle, pledged his daughter Lavinia in marriage to the Trojan prince. In due course Aeneas married Lavinia and the Trojans built their new city and it was called Lavinium. This city is in Britain.

As you may have surmised, if the Trojan War took place in Britain then Aeneas’s voyage must have taken place in the western oceans. This is correct – and is the subject of Bernard’s second book. On his incredible journey Aeneas came to South Wales and met Andromache, the widow of Hector. He had played the greatest part in defending Troy but was killed by Achilles. When Troy fell, Andromache and other Trojans were taken away as slaves. Later, she married Hector’s brother and they built a replica of Troy just outside Cardiff. The original citadel of Troy was called Ilium, or Elai in Welsh. Elai is the same as Ili in Latin, and Ely in English. (Just a clue to whet your appetite). More to follow in the next edition!