WI: No Night of the Long Knives

I'm just getting into ancient English history so forgive any ignorance.

So apparently, in the 400s a band of Anglo-Saxon's killed the majority of the Celtic chieftains in what became known as the "Treachery" or "Night" of the Long Knives thus establishing Germanic rule over England; and also is one of the reasons the Celts distrusted the English for so long.

Now my question is this, how could we prevent this and what would be the long term consequences? Would the Anglo-Saxons still rise to prominence in Britain due to out populating the local celts?
 
While Celts wouldn't fear people with long sleeves.:p

I think the Anglo-Saxons would still rise but it would be slower
 
While Celts wouldn't fear people with long sleeves.:p

I think the Anglo-Saxons would still rise but it would be slower
of course but would they gain OTLs prominence?

Would the Anglo-Saxons of TTL have the dominant British language and export it to Ireland, Wales, Scotland and all of the British isles or would it remain in just england and severely celtisize?

I'm just podering a united Britain with a little German influence but aside from England mostly Celtic in tongue.
 
Is this proven? From what I gather, I thought the slaughter of the Celts and other natives by Angles and Saxons was a historical invention
 
Is this proven? From what I gather, I thought the slaughter of the Celts and other natives by Angles and Saxons was a historical invention

This increasingly appears to be so. Current evidence is building a picture that seems to indicate that in many regions of the country there was essentially no change in land structure for the majority of people between the Iron Age and the Norman Conquest, or at least until the disruption of the Viking Age and Alfred's creation of the shires. The number of Saxons who came over has been revised down, and they appear to have culturally dominated England as much by economic factors relating to the need to speak English for social advancement, and the move to a culture of communal feasting in large halls rather than elites dining privately as had been the case in Romano-Britain (I've heard of a few cases where a large hall is built in the courtyard or immediate vicinity of a villa, with the old building becoming used as a service buildings with the supervision and control of metalworking becoming an increasingly necessary part of political power), as by conquest.

Probably there was indeed an event when a large number of British chieftans were killed by the Saxons at once, but it wouldn't have been the majority across the entire country, and possibly not even a majority of the local ones, perhaps just targeting a small number of those most likely to fight back.
 
I thought that was inspired by the Black Dinner.
I thought it was a nod to Kenneth MacAlpin's treason! I mean, I've heard it was inspired by the other two before, and a close friend of mine say that the Black Dinner was the one Martin had in mind, but I'm interested to see, did anyone else think of MacAlpin Legend?
 
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