The Battle of Peonnum ( English Battle of Peonnum ) - one of the early medieval battles of the Anglo-Saxon Conquest of Britain , held in 658 .
| Battle of Peonnum |
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| Main conflict: Anglo-Saxon conquest |
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| date | 658 |
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| A place | Somerset |
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| Total | Wessex win |
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 Dumnonia
Glastening
 Gwynedd
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Petrock ap Clemen
Cadvaladr an Cadwallon | Kenwal |
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In 652, at the Battle of Bradford, Kenwalch defeated Morgan ap Bodgen , the ruler of Glastiling , thus seizing his eastern lands. Wessex came close to the borders of Dumnonia and began to threaten the capital, the city of Kaer-Uisk .
The king of Dumnonia Petroc ap Clemen began to seek help from the neighbors, but only Cadwaldr ap Cadwallon responded to him, whose lands were far from Dumnonia, and who, like his father, was not afraid to go on long hikes. The two armies met at the village of Peonnum, which is not far from the modern city of Winkanton . The coalition also included troops from Glastehling. But in the end it was defeated by a more powerful army of Wessex.
The power of Domnonia and Glastening weakened, but Kadvaladr continued to resist Wessex aggression.
