The Barbarica Conspiratia of 367 AD was the most catastrophic single event in late Roman Britain. Picts from the north, Scots from Ireland, and Attacotti struck simultaneously in a coordinated assault planned over years. The Areani — Roman scouts living among the northern tribes supposed to warn of attack — had been suborned and betrayed Wall positions. For at least a year, Roman authority across Britain virtually collapsed.
Two senior Roman commanders killed or captured; Wall garrison severely disrupted; scale of disaster extraordinary
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