Fifth-Century Facts
Philip Bartholomew
In Britannia, volume viii (1977), Professor E. A. Thompson published a long account of British political history in the early fifth century. Arguing carefully and ingeniously, he derived from literary sources an attractive detailed narrative last years Roman Britain. The source material, however, is full difficulties; it purpose present paper to draw attention these difficulties show that evidence cannot serve as foundation for elaborate superstructure which wishes erect upon it.
Britannia