ABSTRACT
BADON _ According to Gildas, the Britons won a decisive victory over the Saxon invaders at the "siege of Mount Badon" (obsessio Badonici montis). This was the climax of a struggle with varying fortunes, beginning from the counterattack against the Saxon settlements launched by Ambrosius Aurelianus. Badon brought a spell of relative peace and order. In his own time, Gildas laments, the Britons have lost respect for their fathers' achievement and are fighting among themselves; but he has no doubt about the achievement. He does not name any British commander at the battle. Later, the commander is said to have been Arthur.
