<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The Anglo - Saxon settlement of Britain describes the process which changed the language and culture of most of what became England from Romano - British to Germanic . The Germanic - speakers in Britain, themselves of diverse origins, eventually developed a common cultural identity as Anglo - Saxons . This process occurred from the mid-fifth to early seventh centuries, following the end of Roman power in Britain around the year 410 . The settlement was followed by the establishment of Anglo - Saxon kingdoms in the south and east of Britain, later followed by the rest of modern England . </P> <P> The available evidence includes the scanty contemporary and near - contemporary written record, and archaeological and genetic information . The few literary sources tell of hostility between incomers and natives . They describe violence, destruction, massacre and the flight of the Romano - British population . Moreover, there is little clear evidence for the influence of British Celtic or British Latin on Old English . These factors have suggested a very large - scale invasion by various Germanic peoples . In this view, held by the majority of historians until the mid to late twentieth century, much of what is now England was cleared of its prior inhabitants . If this traditional viewpoint were to be correct, the genes of the later English people would have been overwhelmingly inherited from Germanic migrants . </P>

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