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 NERFINISHED
cause coordinated barbarian attacks on Roman Britain
internal rebellion in Roman Britain
conflictType border conflict
internal revolt
country Roman Empire
describedBySource Ammianus Marcellinus NERFINISHED
describedIn Res Gestae (Ammianus Marcellinus) NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance major coordinated threat to Roman control of Britain in the 4th century
location Britannia NERFINISHED
Roman Britain NERFINISHED
mainSubject barbarian invasions of the Roman Empire NERFINISHED
opponent Roman Empire NERFINISHED
Roman provincial government of Britain
participant Attacotti NERFINISHED
Picts NERFINISHED
Roman provincial administration in Britain
Roman troops in Britain
Saxons NERFINISHED
Scots NERFINISHED
partOf Crisis of the Roman Empire in the 4th century NERFINISHED
history of Roman Britain
result Roman reconquest and reorganization of Britain
restoration of imperial control in Britain
significantCommander Count Theodosius the Elder NERFINISHED
Flavius Theodosius NERFINISHED
significantPlace Hadrian's Wall NERFINISHED
Roman forts in Britain
northern Britain NERFINISHED
western coastal regions of Britain
startTime 367
timePeriod late 4th century AD

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Roman Britain significantEvent Great Conspiracy