Vortigern, however, was only doing what Rome had advocated for centuries. Germanic troops had held the German frontier, and in more recent times, Magnus Maximus had done similarly in Britannia. The wolf was finally in the sheep fold and the British kingdoms were not to know peace for hundreds of years.
This was a period of immense strife. The British kingdoms were often at war with each other, for there was not always a High King to unite them. When not fighting each other or the Saxons, the British would often have to contend with the Irish, Scotti, and Pictish raiders. There was also the war for men’s souls. Christianity was established in the old Roman cities, although many still worshipped the old gods of Britannia and Rome – Belenus, Taranis, and Mithras, amongst others. Arthurian Britain was
