Magnus Maximus, commander in Britain, was proclaimed emperor by his troops and stripped the northern garrisons — including York and the Yorkshire forts — to march on the continent. His departure fatally weakened the Yorkshire defensive network. Though he ruled successfully until 388, his stripping of the garrisons accelerated the collapse of Roman order in Yorkshire and laid groundwork for the Anglo-Saxon period.
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