Ecgfrith of Northumbria made his reputation with a series of brutal campaigns against the Picts in the early 670s. After his father Oswiu died in 670, the Picts and Mercia rose simultaneously against Northumbrian overlordship. Ecgfrith suppressed the Picts so savagely that contemporary sources describe rivers running red with blood — foreshadowing the final reckoning that would come at Nechtansmere thirteen years later.
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