<P> The Chronica Gallica of 452 records for the year 441 : `` The British provinces , which to this time had suffered various defeats and misfortunes , are reduced to Saxon rule . '' The Chronicle was written some distance from Britain . There is uncertainty about precise dates for fifth - century events especially before 446 . This , however , does not undermine the position of the Gallic Chronicles as a very important contemporary source , which suggests that Bede 's later date for ' the arrival of the Saxons ' was mistaken . In the Chronicle , Britain is grouped with four other Roman territories which came under ' Germanic ' dominion around the same time , the list being intended as an explanation of the end of the Roman empire in the west . The four share a similar history , as they were all given into the `` power of the barbarians '' by Roman authority : three were deliberately settled with German federates and though the Vandals took Africa by force their dominion was confirmed by treaty . </P>
<P> The Chronica Gallica of 452 records for the year 441 : `` The British provinces , which to this time had suffered various defeats and misfortunes , are reduced to Saxon rule . '' The Chronicle was written some distance from Britain . There is uncertainty about precise dates for fifth - century events especially before 446 . This , however , does not undermine the position of the Gallic Chronicles as a very important contemporary source , which suggests that Bede 's later date for ' the arrival of the Saxons ' was mistaken . In the Chronicle , Britain is grouped with four other Roman territories which came under ' Germanic ' dominion around the same time , the list being intended as an explanation of the end of the Roman empire in the west . The four share a similar history , as they were all given into the `` power of the barbarians '' by Roman authority : three were deliberately settled with German federates and though the Vandals took Africa by force their dominion was confirmed by treaty . </P>
when did the anglo saxons arrive in britain
when did the anglo saxons arrive in britain
fifth - century
fifth - century