Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Great Conspiracy is a term given to a year-long war that occurred in Roman Britain near the end of the Roman occupation of the island. The historian Ammianus Marcellinus described it as a barbarica conspiratio that capitalized on a depleted military force in the province brought about by Magnentius' losses of the Battle of Mursa Major after his unsuccessful bid to become emperor.It is difficult to ascertain the exact chronology of what happened during the conspiracy because the main source - Ammanianus - appears to have been in Antioch when it happened, meaning his information is second hand and thus was confused. Also other sources of conspiracy are inconsistent with Ammianus. Therefore there are several different views of what happened.. }
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- Great_Conspiracy abstract "The Great Conspiracy is a term given to a year-long war that occurred in Roman Britain near the end of the Roman occupation of the island. The historian Ammianus Marcellinus described it as a barbarica conspiratio that capitalized on a depleted military force in the province brought about by Magnentius' losses of the Battle of Mursa Major after his unsuccessful bid to become emperor.It is difficult to ascertain the exact chronology of what happened during the conspiracy because the main source - Ammanianus - appears to have been in Antioch when it happened, meaning his information is second hand and thus was confused. Also other sources of conspiracy are inconsistent with Ammianus. Therefore there are several different views of what happened.".