# The Great Conspiracy strikes Roman Britain (367)

URL: https://english-history.com/timeline/367-the-great-conspiracy-strikes-roman-britain
Categories: battle, main-event

Picts, Scots and Saxons attacked as military discipline broke down along several frontiers. Within the broader Roman Britain period, conquest, provincial administration, urbanization, frontier warfare and the gradual weakening of imperial rule reshaped the island. This event is placed at AD 367 in the chronology so it can be read alongside the political, military, social and cultural changes around it. The crisis showed the growing military pressures on late Roman Britain and required major imperial intervention.

## Why it matters
The crisis showed the growing military pressures on late Roman Britain and required major imperial intervention.

Ruler at the time: [Roman Britain](https://english-history.com/rulers/roman-britain)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — The Great Conspiracy strikes Roman Britain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=The+Great+Conspiracy+strikes+Roman+Britain&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — The Great Conspiracy strikes Roman Britain](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=The+Great+Conspiracy+strikes+Roman+Britain)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of British history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_British_history_%28before_1000%29)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica — Roman Britain topic search](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Roman%20Britain)