C466-73 Period of minimal Saxon activity. Ambrosius assumes High-Kingship of Britain. Saxon chieftain, Aelle, lands on Sussex coast with his sons. Over the next nine years, Saxon coastal holdings are gradually expanded in Sussex. 486 Aelle and his sons overreach their normal territory and are engaged by Britons at battle of Mercredesburne.
Battle is bloody, but indecisive.
His son, Aesc, takes over and rules for 34 years. C495Cerdic and Cynric, his son, land somewhere on the south coast, probably near the Hampshire-Dorset border. C495Cerdic and Cynric, his son, land somewhere on the south coast, probably near the Hampshire-Dorset border. Arthur, defeat Saxons at the Siege of Mount Badon. A generation of peace ensues.