Message #163359

[Christa Jenneman]

452
c - Britain

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Increasing Saxon settlement in Britain. Hengest invites his son, Octha, from Germany with "16 keels" of warriors, who occupy the northern lands, to defend against the Picts. Picts never heard from again.
jun 08 - Italy invaded by Attila the Hun.
 453
c - Increasing Saxon unrest. Raids on British towns and cities becoming more frequent.
 454
sep 04 - Dioscorus van Alexandria, patriarch council of Efeze, dies.
 455
mar 17 - Roman senator Petronius Maximus becomes Emperor.
may 31 - Petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched.
jun 02 - A D Gaiseric and the Vandals sacked Rome.
 457
c - Battle of Aylesford (Kent) in which Ambrosius, along with sons of Vortigern, Vortimer and Cateyrn, defeat Hengest for the first time.
c - Death of Vortigern. Vitalinus (Guitolinus) new leader of pro-Celtic Pelagian faction.