5th century in England

Britain under Roman rule (43 AD - c.410 AD)

Battle in medieval England

process which changed the language and culture of most of what became England from Romano-British to Germanic

period of Late Antiquity in Great Britain, covering the end of Roman rule in the late 4th and early 5th centuries, and its aftermath into the 6th century

the 27-year transition period from Roman Britain to post-Roman Britain from 383C-410C

6th-century sermon by Gildas

legendary brothers said to have led the invasion of Britain in 5th century

The Gewisse ( ; ) were a tribe or ruling clan of the Anglo-Saxons. Their first location, mentioned in early medieval sources, was the upper Thames region, around Dorchester on Thames. However, some scholars suggest that the Gewisse had origins among the ancient Britons at Cair-Caratauc (Old Sarum) in Wiltshire. According to Saxon folklore, the Gewisse were the founders of the kingdom of Wessex.

Briton missive to Rome, 5th century

battle between Britons and Anglo-Saxons, fought at Aylesford, Kent, England

apocryphal killing of native British chieftains by Anglo-Saxon mercenaries in the 5th century

485 battle fought in the conquest of the Kingdom of Sussex