# Battle of Badon (500)

URL: https://english-history.com/timeline/500-battle-of-badon
Categories: battle, main-event

Post-Roman Britons won a major victory over Anglo-Saxon forces, temporarily checking expansion. Within the broader Post-Roman Britain period, Roman institutions gave way to competing Brittonic and Anglo-Saxon kingdoms while Christianity was rebuilt through continental and Irish missions. This event is placed at c. 500 in the chronology so it can be read alongside the political, military, social and cultural changes around it. The battle became central to later British memory and to legends associated with Arthur.

## Why it matters
The battle became central to later British memory and to legends associated with Arthur.

Ruler at the time: [Post-Roman and Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms](https://english-history.com/rulers/post-roman-and-anglo-saxon-kingdoms)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Battle of Badon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Battle+of+Badon&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Battle of Badon](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Battle+of+Badon)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of British history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_British_history_%28before_1000%29)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica — Anglo-Saxon England topic search](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Anglo-Saxon%20England)