britons

The Roman Empire was quickly unravelling at the start of the 5th century. In 410, the city was sacked for the first time in 800 years. Though it was only a minor sacking, the psychological effect upon the people throughout the Empire was enormous. People have often wondered how the Empire could...

In 870 CE the stronghold of Alt Clut (now Dumbarton Rock) fell after a four month siege to a Viking army from Dublin, led by Amlaib and Imar, the ruler of Dublin and his brother, respectively. Alt Clut was the center of a small but wealthy Brittonic kingdom and controlled access to the lowlands...

I'm guessing that most of you who clicked on this assumed that the title refers to Ioustinianos I Megas, but I'm afraid it doesn't. The title refers to this Ioustinianos, the youngest son of Maurikios who almost/may have escaped the lynch mob as his body was never found and he may have escaped...

In a quick explanation to the question. i was reading about the cultural make up of the Scottish dark ages during the 8th century and the formation of the kingdom of Alba Aka Scotland and the Gaelicization of the Picts and to a lesser extant the Britons, and form what i read it is implied while...

Legacy of the Dragons Cadbury Castle, one of the more popular sites claimed to have been Arthur's court Hello all, and welcome to a timeline ten years in the making. For years now, I've wanted to put together an alternate history where, instead of the Anglo-Saxons, the Welsh (or, to be more...

At several points, the Viking invasions of Britain came close to subjugating all of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, eventually succeeding in the late 10th century. However, the earlier the Danes conquer England, the less entrenched the idea of an unified England in the first place. If the Danes win...

Arthurian legend and the assorted myths and invented stories surrounding it are an attempt at painting a grandiose past for the native Britons, who were supplanted by the Anglo-Saxons. On it's face, it essentially casts King Arthur as an alternative to Charlemagne. The capital of Camelot (though...

In the 5th and 6th centuries, post-Roman Britons settled Brittany and Galicia. What if they had instead settled eastern England as mercenaries for the Saxons, perhaps re-Celtifying part of the east? Notably, the area of Londinium itself had been abandoned despite the building of Lundenwic...