The Chronicle records Cerdic and Cynric killing Natanleod and five thousand men in 508. Natanleod is thought to be a British warleader or king whose name may be a form of a Celtic royal title. The great slaughter of five thousand represents either a major pitched battle or an aggregate of skirmishes along the Test and Avon valleys.
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