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The Battle of Badon, also known as the Battle of Mons Badonicus, [a] was purportedly fought between Britons and Anglo-Saxons in Post-Roman Britain during the late 5th or early 6th century. [1] It was credited as a major victory for the Britons, stopping the westward encroachment of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms for a period.
Gildas (English pronunciation: / ˈ ɡ ɪ l d ə s /, Breton: Gweltaz; c. 450/500 – c. 570) [a] [b] — also known as Gildas Badonicus, Gildas fab Caw (in Middle Welsh texts and antiquarian works) and Gildas Sapiens (Gildas the Wise) — was a 6th-century British monk best known for his religious polemic De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae, which recounts the history of the Britons before and ...
Battle of Mons Seleucus: Final defeat of Magnentius by Constantius II. 356: Siege of Autun: The city of Autun, Burgundy, is besieged by Alamanni forces. Julian the Apostate of Rome relieves the city, ending the siege. Battle of Durocortorum: Caesar Julian is defeated by the Alemanni. Battle of Brumath
Battle of the river shore of Tribruit – Arthur defeats the Anglo-Saxons. Battle of the hill of Breguoin – Arthur defeats the Anglo-Saxons at what is believed to be the old Roman fortress of Bremenium in Rochester, Northumberland. Battle of Mons Badonicus – The Anglo-Saxons are soundly defeated by the Britons (possibly led by King Arthur ...
In a convoluted passage in De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae, Gildas can be interpreted as equating the year of his birth with the same year as the Battle of Mons Badonicus, which might have taken place in 482 AD. [9]
): These entries seem to show that the Britons' defences in the English Midlands collapsed, and the peace that followed the Battle of Mons Badonicus ended, and the Saxons obliterated the British Watling Street salient and united their areas and overran the London - Verulamium area and much of the plain of the Midlands. Loss of Bath would ...
The peace following the battle of Mons Badonicus is attested partly by Gildas, a monk, who wrote De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae or On the Ruin and Conquest of Britain during the middle of the sixth century. This essay is a polemic against corruption and Gildas provides little in the way of names and dates.
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