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Timelines - AD400> AD600 - Saxons
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c.471 - Pevensey is taken by the Saxons. Afterwards, a steady erosion of territories to Saxon Settlers. c.465- Battle between Saxons and British. This was fought near a river. c.457- Arrival of the Saxon king, Aelle and his three sons. This was probably in East Sussex. c.500-600 - Land gradually lost to Saxons. The sub-Romano-British held dominance in the west, while the Saxons dominated the south and east. c. 495 - Major British Victory. At Mons Badonicus c.480 - Saxon assaults renewed. A unified British force held them back. c.446 - Britain alone. A final appeal for help by the British to the Roman general Aetius goes unanswered. 429- St Germanus visits Britain. He came to counter heresy in the Church and defeated a Saxon raiding party 476 - Western Roman Empire is no more. 425 - Valentinian III Emperor in the West 406 - Barbarian invasion of Gaul
 
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After the collapse of Roman government in the early 5th century, Anglo-Saxon settlers began to land in east Sussex. They are mainly known from their burial sites. Over the next few centuries, they spread over most of southern Britain.
 
Key Dates
Sussex c.457 Arrival of the Saxon king, Aelle and his three sons. This was probably in East Sussex.
  c.465 Battle between Saxons and British. This was fought near a river.
  c.471 Pevensey is taken by the Saxons. Afterwards, a steady erosion of territories to Saxon Settlers.
Britain: 429 St Germanus visits Britain. He came to counter heresy in the Church and defeated a Saxon raiding party
  c.446 Britain alone. A final appeal for help by the British to the Roman general Aetius goes unanswered.
  c.480 Saxon assaults renewed. A unified British force held them back.
  c. 495 Major British Victory. At Mons Badonicus
  c.500-600 Land gradually lost to Saxons. The sub-Romano-British held dominance in the west, while the Saxons dominated the south and east.
Rome: 406 Barbarian invasion of Gaul
  425 Valentinian III Emperor in the West
  476 Western Roman Empire is no more.
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