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Originally, the Saxons called home the
area that is today's Schleswig (Southern Denmark / Northern
Germany.)
The Saxons were busy pirating in the
North Sea before they decided to invade Britain in the 5th century
AD. And they were not the only ones. Joining the adventure were the
Jutes, the
Angles, and then some.
Hence, the ones who settled on the
island became known as the
Anglo-Saxons.
In AD 441, the Saxons had their
First Saxon
Revolt against the native Britons.
Probably Jutes themselves,
Hengist, or Hengest, and his
brother Horsa were leaders of
the early Anglo-Saxon settlers.
AD 455 saw the
Battle of Aylesford,
located in Kent. Hengist and Horsa were fighting as well and the
latter was killed in this battle. The Britons were defeated,
however.
See the map
MIGRATION OF THE SAXONS
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Once in Britain, the map looked like
this:
400 Roman
Britain
410 Roman Britain
449 Kent at the
coming of the Saxons
600
Britain Settlements
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