Question: when the romans left britain who took over the land
Answer: Regarding the events of 409 and 410 when the Romano - Britons expelled Roman officials and sent a request for aid to Honorius , Michael Jones ( The End of Roman Britain , 1998 ) offered a different chronology to the same end result : he suggested that the Britons first appealed to Rome and when no help was forthcoming , they expelled the Roman officials and took charge of their own affairs .