When Magnus Maximus crossed to Gaul in 383 to seize the western empire, his forces embarked from the southeast — Richborough was the primary port of departure for Continental crossings. The withdrawal of field army units from the Saxon Shore forts of Kent, Sussex and Hampshire left these defences seriously undermanned. The Lympne, Pevensey and Portchester forts thereafter relied on static garrison units rather than mobile limitanei.
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