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Round Table
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<p>The Round Table is <a href="/facts/King_Arthur/JDyRQ8gx">King Arthur</a>'s famed <a href="/facts/Table_(furniture)/y70WBV4F">table</a> in the <a href="/facts/Arthurian_legend/Sar4kAWG">Arthurian legend</a>, around which he and his knights congregate. As its name suggests, it has no head, implying that everyone who sits there has equal status, unlike conventional rectangular tables where participants order themselves according to rank. The table was first described in 1155 by <a href="/facts/Wace/VQ40R6U8">Wace</a>, who relied on previous depictions of Arthur's fabulous retinue. The symbolism of the Round Table developed over time; by the close of the 12th century, it had come to represent the <a href="/facts/Chivalric_order/BUPmG55v">chivalric order</a> associated with Arthur's court, the <a href="/facts/Knights_of_the_Round_Table/KW6L1QIE">Knights of the Round Table</a>. </p>