The sub-Roman British forces of Hampshire, possibly linked to the tradition of Ambrosius Aurelianus, mounted sustained resistance against Saxon expansion. Gildas records that Ambrosius, whose parents had worn the purple, led a British revival in the mid-to-late fifth century. The Hampshire region was contested ground between the British tradition and the advancing West Saxons.
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