From the early fifth century Britain was steadily settled by war bands and migrant groups from the North Sea fringe. There was no single, coordinated military invasion such as the Romans had landed in the time of Claudius, or that the Normans would stage in 1066; the invasions were piecemeal and staggered over many years. Some of the names later applied to the peoples who arrived included the Saxons, Angles, and Jutes.
