Battle Of Deorham

The battle was promptly followed by the Saxon occupation of three cities: Cirencester ( Corinium ), probably a provincial capital in the Roman period; Gloucester ( Glevum ), a former legionary fortress and a Colonia ; and Bath ( Aquae Sulis ), a renowned pagan religious centre and spa-city. The remains of many villas are found in the vicinity of these cities, implying that the area was wealthy as well as relatively sophisticated: it must be inferred that this Saxon advance was a significant blow to the Britons.

The battle is also considered by some to be decisive since it drove a land wedge between the Britons of what was to become Wales and those in the south-west peninsula. It has however been objected that, though the battle may have had an impact on large-scale movements, the passage of Welsh -speaking individuals was evidently not impossible, since a Welsh genealogy records that in the Eighth Century the descendants of Kings of Powys founded a Dynasty in the Glastonbury region . It is not of course difficult to make such a journey by boat.

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Battle Of Deorham