After Roman rule in the British Isles was over, the tenacious Angles and Saxons, who were originally from Germany and Belgium, came to Britain in search of better land. They settled in the south of the island, and eventually started to go to war with the native barbarian tribes, such as the Picts, the Celts, and mainly, the Britons. Savage struggles over the disputed territory ended when the Angles and the Saxons (now the Anglo-Saxons) defeated the melancholy Britons for now. The Anglo-Saxons called their newly gained land “Angleland,” which evolved into England. They also brought their pagan religion to the island, but they were converted to Christianity by a number of diligent saints like the intrepid Saint Augustine of Canterbury. Anglo-Saxon ruled England for over 500 years until 1066, when the Normans invaded and took control of the region.