The Historia Augusta records that at the start of Hadrian reign the Britons could not be kept under Roman control and that there were serious losses of Roman soldiers. This crisis was severe enough that Hadrian came to Britain in 122 AD and ordered construction of the wall that bears his name. An emergency relief force was sent from the Rhine. The Maeatae — the confederacy immediately north of the Forth-Tyne line — are the most likely perpetrators.
Northern tribal confederation versus undermanned frontier garrison
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