What four tribes arrived in the British Isles in 449 AD?
1 Answer
The Angles and Saxons as well as the Jutes, Picts, Scoti, and the Gallic from Ireland all invaded England as the Roman influence waned .
Explanation:
The two main tribes were than Angles and the Saxons. This is where the phrase Anglo Saxons comes from as expression of the English people. The Angles and the Saxons came from Germany. These warrior cultures conquered most of Briton and imposed a Germanic language on the majority population of Britons that they had conquered.
The Jutes from Jutland also a Germanic people also invaded and were allies of the larger Angles and Saxon Tribes. The Jutes were absorbed by the larger Germanic tribes and were replaced in their homeland by the Danes.
The Gallic people from Ireland raided England taking slaves such as the famous St. Patrick. The invaders from Ireland mainly settled on the Western part of England.
In the north the existing tribes of the Picts and the Scoti invaded across the now undefended Hadrian's Wall. The successful Angles and Saxons for the most part drove the Picts and Scottish back across the wall but not until the Scotts had settled much of northern England. The Scoti were Gallic like the Irish and were often allied with the Irish.
When the power of Rome faded it left a vacuum in England that was filled with many rival and allied tribes. The most successful were the Anglo-Saxons. These two tribes had the most significant influence on what would become England.
