Editing Angles (tribe) (section)

===Procopius===
An especially early reference to the Angli in Britain is by the 6th-century Byzantine historian [[Procopius]] (who however expressed doubts about the stories he had heard—apparently from Frankish diplomats—about events in the west). He does not mention the Saxons, but he states that an island called ''Brittia'' (which he says is separate and distinct from Britain itself) was settled by three nations, each ruled by its own king: the Angili, Frissones, and Brittones. Each nation was so prolific that it sent large numbers of individuals every year to the Franks, who <blockquote>allow them to settle in the part of their land which appears to be more deserted, and by this means they say [the Franks] are winning over the island. Thus it actually happened that not long ago the king of the Franks, in sending some of his intimates on an embassy to the Emperor [[Justinian]] in Byzantium, sent with them some of the Angili, thus seeking to establish his claim that this island was ruled by him.<ref>Procopius [https://archive.org/details/procopiuswitheng05procuoft/page/253/ book VIII, xx].</ref></blockquote> Procopius says that the Angles had recently sailed a large army of 400 ships from Brittia to Europe, to the Rhine, to enforce a marriage agreement with the [[Warini]] who he said were living north of the Franks at that time.