The owner of the gold amulet pendant regretted that the Vortigern’s scheduled meeting with Germanus had not taken place after all. It would have been an interesting encounter, with the possibility of an alliance, if Agricola’s plans had been given a proper airing. Would the Governor of Armorica - now the Archbishop of Britannia - have been interested in the terms that would have eventually been offered? Without a doubt!

The initial proposal had been of little interest. Germanus had rejected it out of hand, knowing that he was never expected to do anything else. That was only the start of what the Vortigern – through Agricola as his magister militum and chief negotiator - had intended to be a series of staged discussions, gradually tempting Germanus into an agreement, with the promise of...

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