The Britons, pressured by the continental invaders…

460 CE to 471 CE

The Britons, pressured by the continental invaders who have established a beachhead in Kent, begin moving westward.

Many thousands of Britons immigrate across the Channel to Armorica (present Brittany).

A union of Britons, occurring in about 470, helps to bring about a cessation of hostilities.

The collapse of Roman power and the depredations of the Visigoths led Armorica, according to C.E.V.Nixon, to act "like a magnet to peasants, coloni, slaves and the hard-pressed" who deserted other Roman territories, further weakening them.

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