The Long War for Britannia 367–664 Quotes

“The safest conclusion is that in about 514, a heterogeneous force of Saxon warriors landed at what was later called Certicseora (Cerdic’s Shore). They fought a British force – and survived.”
― Edwin Pace, The Long War for Britannia 367–664: Arthur and the History of Post-Roman Britain

“By the end of the century, royal families are naming their offspring with ‘Celtic’ names: Maglocunus, Cuneglassus and Vortipor.”
― Edwin Pace, The Long War for Britannia 367–664: Arthur and the History of Post-Roman Britain

“In a very real sense, East Anglia and Kent were the first English colonies.”
― Edwin Pace, The Long War for Britannia 367–664: Arthur and the History of Post-Roman Britain

“Now we understand why Gildas calls the Proud Tyrant infaustus: ‘unlucky’. He did win a great victory at Thanet, but he won it fighting against his own people. Still worse, he died in the ranks of his Saxon hirelings.”
― Edwin Pace, The Long War for Britannia 367–664: Arthur and the History of Post-Roman Britain

“the Proud Tyrant: Riothamus (fifth-century title) = Proud Tyrant (sixth-century epithet) = Cattigern (sixth-century descriptor)”
― Edwin Pace, The Long War for Britannia 367–664: Arthur and the History of Post-Roman Britain

“The Proud Tyrant was reviving a sophisticated Roman strategy of naval defence: these are dispositions which Nectaridus, Theodosius, and Stilicho would have understood and approved.”
― Edwin Pace, The Long War for Britannia 367–664: Arthur and the History of Post-Roman Britain

“Both Gildas and the brooches track quite well with the traditional date for the Saxon arrival: sometime around 450.”
― Edwin Pace, The Long War for Britannia 367–664: Arthur and the History of Post-Roman Britain

“Of all the generals, he alone had the will and the genius to turn back the Saxon tide. Gildas calls him the ‘Proud Tyrant’.”
― Edwin Pace, The Long War for Britannia 367–664: Arthur and the History of Post-Roman Britain

“Evidence for this comes from weapons called plumbatae that are found at Cornovian sites. These were leaded darts, and, like the earlier pilum, were used in infantry charges. They were thrown at a high angle just before British soldiers closed with the enemy, the missiles falling in a deadly shower on unprotected heads and shoulders.”
― Edwin Pace, The Long War for Britannia 367–664: Arthur and the History of Post-Roman Britain

“What You See Is All There Is’. But the acronym is ironic, since Kahneman spent most of his career demonstrating that humans do not see all that there is, even what is before their very eyes. One”
― Edwin Pace, The Long War for Britannia 367–664: Arthur and the History of Post-Roman Britain