The Battle of Guoloph, also known as the Battle of Wallop, took place in the 5th century. Various dates have been put forward: 440 AD by Alfred Anscombe,[1] 437 AD according to John Morris,[2] and 458 by Nikolai Tolstoy.[3] It took place at what is now Nether Wallop,[citation needed] 15 kilometers southeast of Amesbury, in the district of Test Valley, northeastern Hampshire.51°07′39″N 1°34′10″W / 51.127440°N 1.569520°W The battle was an internal conflict between the rival Britonnic forces of Ambrosius Aurelianus and Vortigern (Vitalinus).[4]
- ^ Anscombe, Alfred, "The Exordium of the 'Annales Cambriae", in: Ériu 3 (1907), p. 117–134.
- ^ Morris, John R. 1980. "Nennius: British History and the Welsh Annals". History from the Sources 8, Chichester: Phillimore.
- ^ Tolstoy, Nikolai. 1962. "Nennius, Chapter Fifty-Six". Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies 19:118–162.
- ^ Mike Ashley (1999). The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens. Robinson Publishing. pp. 109–10.
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