This implies that being a bretwalda usually included holding the military command of other kingdoms and also that it was more than that, since Æthelberht is bretwalda despite Rædwald's control of his own troops.
Isto tamén suxire que ser un bretwalda normalmente implicaba ter a xefatura militar doutros reinos e tamén que era máis que iso, xa que Aethelberht é bretwalda a pesar de que Rædwald controlase as súas propias tropas.