The Winter Warrior

In the autumn of 573 AD, the civil war that divides the Celtic nations in the post Romano- Britiain ends at the battle of Arthuet. The Celtic amies disband and the warriors return to their homes, but the losses to the combined Celtic forces are so great that the immigrants from Germania – the Angles who settled along the North Sea, boldly send raiding parties into the Celtic homelands.

• 6th century