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This Mysterious Gold Pendant Featuring a Misspelled Inscription Is an Early Medieval Imitation of a Roman Coin (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

it was made by the group sometimes known as the Anglo-Saxons.

... Are they called something else now? I'm more confused by this than the coin, tbh.

[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 1 month ago

Well they weren't a unified group.

[–] comador 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The Battle of 1066 aka Battle of Hastings was basically the beginning of what ultimately destroyed the tribal kingship of Anglo-Saxon England and unified them under a Norman rule.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hastings

[–] ThePantser 0 points 1 month ago

So they are Normals? Just Normal English.