Throughout history--and particularly in fifth-century British history--individuals have acquired epithets (anonyms/pseudonyms) which replace their proper names, exemplified by Ghengis Kahn (Great Ruler/Temujin), El Cid (The King/Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar), Joseph Stalin (Man of Steel/Joseph Dzhugashvili). In order to fully understand British history of the fifth century, an individual must link a person’s proper name to his epithet. EPITHETS (TITLES) VERSUS PROPER NAMES The term which probably best describes the real King Arthur and the historical figures of his era is "personas." Although the collective singular of that word--persona--is used to describe the characters of a fictional presentation, personas derives from Carl Jung's use of the word to indicate an individual's social facade, which in turn reflects the role in life that the individual is playing. The word personages would also describe the life-roles of Arthur and his contemporaries, especially since the term suggests a person of rank, note, or distinction, but the word personage has an air of artificiality and pomposity surrounding it. Personas, on the other hand, more accurately identifies the confusion between proper names and titles so common during the Arthurian age. Bearing this is mind, the theories of my two books are based upon the premise that the people who evolved in the literature six centuries after King Arthur's historic era were known by titles attached to the surnames of authentic figures during the much-earlier history. Without keeping this premise in mind, attempting to discover the reality of King Arthur will forever remain obscure. Hence, as an aid to understanding what my first two books are attempting to do, I've devised in the list below the possible connection between a person's title and his proper name.