In 449 A.D., The call for help from the king of Britons, called Vortigern was answered by the Germanic tribes of Engels (Angles), kimbern and Saxons. all three tribes operated autonomously, but always under the banner of the Saxons with whom the other had amalgamated. The Saxons were therefore dominant among them. they did as vortigern wanted and stopped the raiding by Picks and Scots. After these successes against the enemies of the Britons, the Germanic tribes bought in their women and families and in due course took over much of the British Islands. in time, these germanic tribes became the English people.