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Líne 40:
His hrædosta tōgang of þǣm hēafodlande is of Sūþsǣ ([[Portesmūða]]n) mid hwearfungscipe, þā hwīle þe fīf hēafodgefǣrþegnung fereþ ofer þǣre Solente.
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Wiht wæs ǣrest genamod in wrītunge in ''[[Eorþgecneordnes (Ptolemy)|Eorþgecneordnes]]'' fram [[Ptolemy]].
During the Late Iron Age, the Isle of Wight would appear to have been occupied by the Celtic tribe, the [[Durotriges]] - as attested by finds of their coins, for example, the South Wight Hoard,<ref>Williams, Jonathan; Hill, J.D.[http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/216933], Portable Antiquities Scheme, Record ID: IOW-38B400.</ref><ref>The Isle of Wight Ingot Hoard [http://www.artfund.org/what-we-do/art-weve-helped-buy/artwork/9645/the-isle-of-wight-ingot-hoard] The Art Fund</ref> and the Shalfleet Hoard.<ref>Leins,Ian; Joy, Jody; Basford, Frank [http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/267811 ], Portable Antiquities Scheme, Record ID: IOW-EAAFE2.</ref>
Se Rōmānisca stǣrwrītere [[Suetonius]] namode, þe sēo hāle īeg wæs gefangen fram mentions that the entire island was captured by the commander [[Vespasian]], who later became emperor. The remains of at least five [[Roman villa]]s have been found on the island, including one near [[Gurnard, Isle of Wight|Gurnard]] which is submerged.
At the end of the [[Roman Empire]], the island of Vectis became a [[Jutes|Jutish]] kingdom ruled by King [[Stuf]] and his successors until AD 661 when it was invaded by [[Wulfhere of Mercia|Wulfhere]] of [[Mercia]] and forcibly converted to Christianity. When he left for Mercia the islanders reverted to paganism.
In AD 685 it was invaded by [[Caedwalla of Wessex|Caedwalla]] of [[Wessex]] and can be considered to have become part of Wessex. The resistance to the invasion was led by the local King [[Arwald]] and after he was defeated and slain, at Caedwalla's insistence, Wight became the last part of England to convert to [[Christianity]] in AD 686.<ref>[http://freespace.virgin.net/iw.history/archive/newsjul5.htm#news ''Saxon Graves at Shalfleet''], Isle of Wight History Centre, August, 2005</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannia.com/history/narsaxhist.html |title=''England, A Narrative History'', Peter N. Williams |publisher=Britannia.com |accessdate=25 September 2010}}</ref><ref>[http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=church&book=english&story=christian ''The English Accept Christianity''], The Story of England, Samuel B. Harding</ref> Following [[Alfred the Great]]'s (reigned 871 - 899) making of the West Saxon kings the kings of all England, it then became part of England. The island became part of the [[shire]] of [[Hampshire]] and was divided into [[hundred (country subdivision)|hundreds]] as was the norm. From this time the island suffered especially from [[Viking]] [[wikt:predation|predations]]. Alfred the Great's navy defeated the [[Danes (Germanic tribe)|Danes]] in 871 after they had "ravaged Devon and the Isle of Wight".-->
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