The Battle of Mons Badonicus (English Mount Badon or Badon Hill, Welsh Mynydd Baddon) was a battle between a force of Britons and an Anglo-Saxon army, probably sometime between 490 and 517 AD. Though it is believed to have been a major political and military event, there is no certainty about its date, location or the details of the fighting. In the 9th century work Historia Brittonum, the victory is attributed to the battle-leader Arthur and various later texts follow this attribution, though the only near-contemporary account of Badon, written by Gildas, does not mention Arthur nor does it explicitly state the identity of the victors.
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