Magnus Maximus achieved a significant victory against Pictish raiders that gave him the military prestige to be acclaimed emperor by the British army in 383 AD. Welsh tradition preserves this in the tale of Macsen Wledig. The victory probably involved a punitive expedition north of the Wall against Pictish groups that had resumed raiding after the Theodosian restoration. It was his last major military action in Britain before his continental bid.
British provincial army including Wall garrison regiments under Maximus command
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