Battle of Guoloph

Part of the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain

Britain in the 5th century CE, showing the gradual influx of Anglo-Saxon settlements in eastern portion of the isles.

Date	c. 437-440
Location	Nether Wallop, Hampshire, England
Result	Briton victory

Belligerents

Britons

Saxons
Jutes

Commanders and leaders

Ambrosius Aurelianus

Vitalinus

The Battle of Guoloph took place in the 5th Century. Various dates have been put forward: 440 A.D. by Alfred Anscombe, 437 A.D. according to John Morris, and 458 by Nikolai Tolstoy. It took place at what is now Nether Wallop, 15 kilometers southeast of Amesbury, in the district of Test Valley, northeastern Hampshire.Coordinates: 51°07′39″N 1°34′10″W / 51.127440°N 1.569520°W / 51.127440; -1.569520 The battle pitted a Britonnic alliance against invading Jutes and Saxons. The Britons were victorious.

In his book, Historia Brittonum, Nennius affirms that The reign of Vortigern, and the fight between Vitalinus and Ambrosius in Guoloppum, the Battle of Guoloph, are separated by twelve years.

In the 12th century A.D. (largely fictitious) pseudo-history written by Geoffrey of Monmouth - the Historia Regum Britanniae - Ambrosius Aurelianus (Emrys Wledig, the imperator) is considered the son of the emperor Constantine. Geoffrey of Monmouth states that while Ambrosius was a child, his entire family was assassinated with only him and his brother Uthyr Pendragon making their escape via a canal at the court of their cousin, Budic I of Brittany. This attack was allegedly perpetrated by Vortigern, governor of the city of Dubris, one of the most important ports in the kingdom. Vortigern had formed a pact with the powerful Jute kings, Hengist and Horsa.

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