Vortigern : diforc'h etre ar stummoù

[[Gweltaz]] an hini kentañ a ra anv eus Vortigern en e levr ''[[De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae]]'' (Diwar-bouez kouezhadenn hag aloubadeg Breizh) e deroù ar VIvet kantved.

In Chapter 23, he tells how "all the councillors, together with ''that proud usurper''" [''omnes consiliarii una cum superbo tyranno''] made the mistake of inviting "the fierce and impious [[Saxons]]" to settle in Britain.{{Fact|date=February 2008}} According to Gildas, apparently a small group came at first, and was settled "on the eastern side of the island, by the invitation of the unlucky [''infaustus''] usurper". This small group invited more of their countrymen to join them, and the colony grew. Eventually the Saxons demanded that "their monthly allotments" be increased, and when their demands were eventually refused, broke their treaty and plundered the lands of the [[Romano-British]].