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 ⓘ