The collapse of Roman Britain was a catastrophic loss of investment in infrastructure and security, leaving a power vacuum where local warlords fought over valuable land and property. Amid this chaos, the idea of a single leader uniting the Britons against Saxon incursions was less a fairytale and more a necessary strategy for survival. The development of a centralized defense would have been the only way to protect the remaining wealth of the Romano-British people and lay the foundation for fut

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