Legendary Context
According to the tradition, Vortigern, who has become the high king of the Britons in the wake of the Roman withdrawal from Britain, allows Anglo-Saxons under Hengist and Horsa to settle on the Isle of Thanet. He offers them additional provisions in exchange for their service as mercenaries against incursions by Picts and Scots. The settlers, however, manipulate Vortigern into allowing them to increase their numbers and granting them more land, eventually including all of Kent.
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