 According to Bede in the "Ecclesiastical History of the English People", from the late 4th century onwards, Germanic tribes such as the Goths, Vandals, Angles, Saxons, Lombards, Suebi, Frisii and Franks invaded or migrated to the island of Great Britain (Britannia) from continental Europe, the generic term for these people is Anglo-Saxons.The Anglo-Saxon period denotes the period in Britain between about 450 and 1066, (from their initial settlement and up until the Norman conquest).In the 6th century the Western Roman Empire finally collapsed and Arlingham became a Saxon village or "ham".