Talorc I of the Picts
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Talorc son of Aniel was a king of the Picts
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The so-called Pictish Chronicle
king lists have him reign for four or two years between Drest son of Erp
and his brother Nechtan
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Picts
The Picts were a group of Late Iron Age and Early Mediaeval people living in what is now eastern and northern Scotland. There is an association with the distribution of brochs, place names beginning 'Pit-', for instance Pitlochry, and Pictish stones. They are recorded from before the Roman conquest...
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The so-called Pictish Chronicle
Pictish Chronicle
The Pictish Chronicle is a name often given by historians to a list of the kings of the Picts beginning many thousand years before history was recorded in Pictavia and ending after Pictavia had been enveloped by Scotland...
king lists have him reign for four or two years between Drest son of Erp
Drest I of the Picts
Drest or Drust, son of Erp, is a legendary king of the Picts whose reign is recorded in the king lists of the Pictish Chronicle.The Chronicle tells that Drest reigned for 100 years and triumphed in 100 battles, which should be read as tradition rather than fact...
and his brother Nechtan
Nechtan I of the Picts
Nechtan son of Erip was a king of the Picts. The Pictish Chronicle king lists claim that he was the brother of Drest.The king lists supply a number of epithets for Nechtan: Morbet and Celchamoth and the Latin Magnus . He is said to have reigned for twenty-four years...
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