Vince53
03-12-2011, 01:49 PM
Folks, on another forum I have a thread called "The First Millenium," which started with the year 1 and is now up to the year 496. This one is a two-parter.
The Saxons had conquered south-eastern England, and Aelle, their king, had a policy of killing everyone when he conquered new areas.
Welcome to the year 496.
It’s the battle you’ve been waiting for! Aelle, the Saxon king of Sussex, gets too big for his britches and invades deep into England. King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table beat the daylights out of him, driving the Germans back into Sussex.
Well, okay, the English might have been led by someone else, and there might have been a coalition that only included King Arthur. Ambrosius might have been the British leader, and his great deeds might have been blended into the legend of King Arthur. And the Germans might not have been led by Aelle. And there is a seventeen year margin of error as to when this battle took place. But historians agree that it really did happen, and that it was a major British victory.
The Saxons had conquered south-eastern England, and Aelle, their king, had a policy of killing everyone when he conquered new areas.
Welcome to the year 496.
It’s the battle you’ve been waiting for! Aelle, the Saxon king of Sussex, gets too big for his britches and invades deep into England. King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table beat the daylights out of him, driving the Germans back into Sussex.
Well, okay, the English might have been led by someone else, and there might have been a coalition that only included King Arthur. Ambrosius might have been the British leader, and his great deeds might have been blended into the legend of King Arthur. And the Germans might not have been led by Aelle. And there is a seventeen year margin of error as to when this battle took place. But historians agree that it really did happen, and that it was a major British victory.