Sub-Roman Britain (Cavalry etc)

[Ron Andrea]

This is all very good and helpful.

Some have questioned Riothamus and his Gallic adventure as a legend on the level of him-who-must-not-be-named. Is Riothamus better supported, historically? (To add to the confusion, I seem to remember that "Riothamus"--something like "high king"--may have been his title, not his name.)

But you're right. Roman request for assistance implies anticipation of a useful response. That speaks volumes, whoever led or however many men actually went.

There once was a long, very interesting thread here about the Anglo-Saxons more assimilating the Britons than conquering them, and certainly not wiping them out. We often use the verb "pushed back" to describe the Briton remnant remaining in Cornwall and Wales, but the consensus seemed to be that most Britons stayed in place as a part of the new Saxon-dominated kingdoms of Wessex, Mercia, etc.