Great Conspiracy

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The Great Conspiracy was a coordinated series of barbarian and internal uprisings that severely destabilized Roman rule in Britain in the late 4th century AD.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf barbarian invasion
historical event
uprising
alsoKnownAs Barbarica conspiratio
cause coordinated barbarian attacks on Roman Britain
internal rebellion in Roman Britain
conflictType border conflict
internal revolt
country Roman Empire
describedBySource Ammianus Marcellinus
describedIn Res Gestae (Ammianus Marcellinus)
effect destabilization of Roman rule in Britain
temporary loss of control over parts of Britain
endTime 368
followedBy campaigns of Count Theodosius in Britain
hasEffectOn Roman military policy in Britain
frontier defenses in Britain
hasPart Saxon sea raids on Britain
barbarian raids across Hadrian's Wall
defection of Roman frontier units
mutiny of Roman troops in Britain
historicalRegion Diocese of the Britains
historicalSignificance major coordinated threat to Roman control of Britain in the 4th century
location Britannia
Roman Britain
mainSubject barbarian invasions of the Roman Empire
linked to: Barbarian Invasions
opponent Roman Empire
Roman provincial government of Britain
participant Attacotti
Picts
Roman provincial administration in Britain
Roman troops in Britain
Saxons
Scots
partOf Crisis of the Roman Empire in the 4th century
history of Roman Britain
result Roman reconquest and reorganization of Britain
restoration of imperial control in Britain
significantCommander Count Theodosius the Elder
Flavius Theodosius
linked to: Theodosius I
significantPlace Hadrian's Wall
Roman forts in Britain
northern Britain
linked to: Northern Britain

western coastal regions of Britain
startTime 367
timePeriod late 4th century AD

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Roman Britain significantEvent Great Conspiracy