As stated before i believe the Angles held the high ground they named Cliffland aka Cleveland long before Rome arrived in other parts of Britain, they were recruited by Rome as long respected mercenaries and paid well for their defence of the North east, already settled in Cleveland and controlling the coast line Rome would have to respect their occupation of this land hence no known Roman military occupation of Cleveland
The image shows how the Angles would of appeared to any enemy, no wonder Rome decided to employ rather than fight them in the Cleveland hills. the Angles originated from the area we now call central Denmark and Southern Sweden, and could well have called Cleveland home long before Rome arrived in other parts of Britain, the Saxons however arrived long after this in the South of Britain and were a minority that had no dominance on the Angle lands, so the modern term Anglo Saxon is a myth and totally incorrect in describing our Ancestors as a whole.
Many place names in modern Cleveland can be found in the areas of what is now central Denmark and Southern Sweden including Middlebro meaning middle bridge - Saltholme - Ormeslev - Other Danish and mostly southern Swedish place names that run almost parallel to Cleveland include, Vansbro - Alsterbro - Fellingsbro - Holestbro - Bjeringbro - Orebro - Aabro - Allingabro - Baekmarksbro - Sandsbro - Hobro - Landsbro - Asbro - The fact the Angles inhabited these areas of southern Sweden and central Denmark before landing in the area they named Cleveland the place name Middlebro in one of its past spellings can not be a coincidence.
Cleveland was and still is all the high ground North of Eoforwic that is said to be named by the Angles after Rome occupied Ebor the Ancient Briton name for the settlement. I believe the Angles reworded Ebor to their own words Eoforwic before Rome Arrived and that Eborcum only exists in Roman writings that were well edited. Ebor - Eoforwic - Yorvic, all relate to pigs - bore towns.
Recent archaeological finds in York point towards the Angles being their long before we thought, in fact the paper says the finds prove the Later great Danish Army was in fact returning home not invading as they landed in East Anglia and marched north to Eoforwic.
The Great Danish army as it was named landed in East Anglia among Angles with the same language and ancestry, they had in small ways been influenced by the corrupt church, but in essence were still Vikings. The march north to York was recorded by corrupt Saxon priests, so i will not go into that part of the story, the simple fact is they arrived at Eoforwic with no proven battle or resistance. More soon
