In 886, Alfred the Great retook London, which he apparently regarded as a turning point in his reign. The "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" says that "all of the English people ("all Angelcyn") not subject to the Danes submitted themselves to King Alfred." Asser added that "Alfred, king of the Anglo-Saxons, restored the city of London splendidly ... and made it habitable once more." Alfred's "restoration" entailed reoccupying and refurbishing the nearly deserted Roman walled city, building quays along the Thames, and laying a new city street plan. It is probably at this point that Alfred assumed the new royal style 'King of the Anglo-Saxons.'