Paul Cooper
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 5 Jun
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robes and so on.
And this causes a lot of muttering at court.
Well, it's suddenly barbarians become a bit of a problem in the empire.
The emperor Valens is famously killed when he goes out to fight an army of Goths.
Yeah, the empire has been divided at this point, but it's still acting in concert.
They often fought together, etc.
Yes, that's right, yeah.
So the Gratian, he's toppled, and once more the empire is up for grabs.
That's right, yeah.
Magnus Maximus sails for the mainland in 383, and once again, just like Clodius Albinus, he brings every man he can to engage in a battle for the empire.
Maximus is exceptionally successful.
He's very popular, he's clearly a charismatic character, and he wins the battle, unlike Albinus.
So he actually becomes emperor.
But the moment he does, his support begins to collapse.
And it does so in part because of the anarchy that he's left behind in Britain.
He's not only taxed his provinces brutally in order to fund this campaign, but just like Albinus, he's left it completely undefended.
Its economy once more collapses and Maximus is destroyed.
eventually left without support.
He's chased out of the throne, finally defeated in battle, and he's actually condemned to the Roman punishment of damnatio memoriae, which is to have all mention of you scrubbed from the records.
The date officially given to it is 410 AD, when the Emperor Honorius declares that Britain should look to their own defences.
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