To help repel these attacks, Rome began forming complex alliances and counter-alliances with the barbarians. More and more, the empire relied on German mercenaries to serve in its army.

A brutal three-year drought that ravaged Roman Britain in the 360s CE likely helped trigger a catastrophic military defeat known as the “Barbarian Conspiracy” that ultimately contributed to Rome’s ...

"A sequence of severe summer droughts from 364 to 366 not only contributed to prolonged harvest failures and food shortages, but also played a role in the 'Barbarian Conspiracy', a catastrophic ...

The "Barbarian Conspiracy" of 367 CE was one of the most severe threats to Rome's hold on Britain since ... Hadrian's wall rebelled and allowed the Picts to attack the Roman province by land ...

Roman troops stationed at Hadrian's Wall on the empire's northern frontier rebelled and three different "barbarian" groups ...