A Kentish hegemony in south - east England at this time is not, therefore, wholly out of the question, and Offa's intention in intervening in 784–5 and thereafter may have been to gain mastery of it and contain it.
A Kentish hegemony in south - east England at this time is not, therefore, wholly not remotely possible, and Offa's intention in intervening in 784–5 and thereafter may have been to gain mastery of it and contain it.