Artorius was a Roman gens (gens Artoria). Its members were apparently natives of Campania, and during Imperial times at least one section of the family resided on the coast of Dalmatia. For the Sega Genesis emulator, see Gens (emulator) In ancient Rome, the gens (pl. ... Campania is a region of Southern Italy, bordering on Lazio to the north-west, Molise to the north, Puglia to the north-east, Basilicata to the east, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. ... Roman Empire between AD 60 and 400 with major cities. ... Dalmatia (Croatian Dalmacija, Italian Dalmazia, Serbian Далмација) is a region of Croatia on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, spreading between the island of Pag in the northwest and the Bay of Kotor in the southeast. ...

The one famous member of this family was Lucius Artorius Castus, a cavalry general who served in Britain and who may be the source of the legends of King Arthur. As such, Arthur is often translated into Latin as Artorius or some variant (Artorus, Arturus, and suchlike). It is theorizied that Artorius may even be the etymological root for the name Arthur: although continental Celts had bear gods named Artos and Arto, the British Celts did not; and Castus' campaigns in Britannia would have made him memorable to the local populace, and no Briton had the name Arthur before Castus' tenure in Britannia was complete. Lucius Artorius Castus (fl. ... The existence of King Arthur continues to be hotly debated among medieval historians. ... King Arthur is an important figure in the mythology of Great Britain, where he appears as the ideal of kingship in both war and peace. ... Latin is the language that was originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... This article is about the European people. ...

Artorius is also a long poem by John Heath-Stubbs (1972), detailing his view of the Arthurian legend. John Francis Alexander Heath-Stubbs (born 9 July 1918) is a British poet and translator, known for his verse influenced by classical myths, and the long Arthurian poem Artorius (1972). ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...