![]() While the weather cools, the sun is rising on Saxon fortunes. A series of fortresses, the ‘Saxon Shore’, has even been established to guard against them - a minor obstacle to a well-marshalled and determined Saxon kingdom! Since then, the Saxons have continued to be a thorn in Rome’s side. Britannia is an especially tempting target, having faced Saxon raids before, when the usurper Maximus commandeered its defenders. While other barbarians fight over the scraps of the decaying Western Empire, the Saxons look to its northern provinces, neglected and drained of troops. Their distance from the heart of the Roman Empire shrouds the Saxons in mystery, granting them the freedom to pillage and conquer as they please.
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