Romano-British culture: Difference between revisions

After the [[Roman departure from Britain|withdrawal of Roman troops]], the Romano-British were forced to fight for themselves. They were divided politically as former soldiers, mercenaries, nobles, officials and farmers declared themselves kings, fighting amongst each other and leaving Britain open to invasion. The depredations of the [[Picts]] from the north and [[Scotti]] (Scots) from Ireland forced them to seek help from pagan [[Anglo-Saxons|Germanic tribes]] of Angles, Saxons and Jutes, who decided to settle. However, the Germanic tribes began to overthrow their hosts, pushing Romano-British culture, over the next six centuries, to the western fringes of the island in [[Wales]], [[Devon]], [[Somerset]], [[Dorset]] and [[Cornwall]] and to the north in [[Kingdom of Strathclyde|Strathclyde]], [[Rheged]] and [[Elmet]]. Some of the Romano-British may have migrated to [[Brittany]] and possibly [[Ireland]].