The Chronicle records Penda fighting the West Saxon kings at Cirencester, after which they came to terms. This engagement established Mercian control over the Hwicce sub-kingdom (centred on Gloucestershire and Worcestershire) and pushed the Mercian-West Saxon border southward. It was part of Penda's systematic expansion that would make Mercia the dominant English kingdom by mid-century.
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