No Saxon invasion?

[Robert Vermaat]

I don't think anybody would deny there wasn't any kind of invasion, or series of mini-invasions, or serious incursions - but the issue would seem to me to be how much, how often and over how long a period of time did this migration occur?

I couldn't agree more.

If the Saxons had been helping out as Roman recruits/mercenaries for a period prior to all of this then at least some of the native Brits would have been familar with them and perhaps even some alliance or reciprocity developing? There was after all substantial germanisation of Roman legions in some provinces which might have led to a critical mass of 'germans' already in Britain. And they were there supposedly to protect the local population and keep order.

There is plenty of evidence that they did. Typical material was taken back home to the Anglo-Saxon homelands and buried with the warriors there.