blem en ▁B ither id ius ▁and ▁H ort arius ▁command ers ▁in ▁his ▁army ▁although ▁H ort arius ▁was ▁soon ▁executed ▁for ▁consp iring ▁with ▁Mac rian . ▁Val entin ian ’ s ▁Al am ann ic ▁campaign s , ▁however , ▁were ▁ham per ed ▁by ▁troubles ▁first ▁in ▁Africa , ▁and ▁later ▁on ▁the ▁Dan ube ▁river . ▁In ▁ 3 7 4 ▁Val entin ian ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁make ▁peace ▁with ▁Mac rian ▁because ▁the ▁Emperor ' s ▁presence ▁was ▁needed ▁to ▁counter ▁an ▁invasion ▁of ▁Il ly ric um ▁by ▁the ▁Qu adi ▁and ▁S arm ati ans . ▁ ▁The ▁Great ▁Cons pi racy ▁In ▁ 3 6 7 , ▁Val entin ian ▁received ▁reports ▁from ▁Britain ▁that ▁a ▁combined ▁force ▁of ▁P ict s , ▁Att ac otti ▁and ▁Sc ots ▁had ▁killed ▁the ▁Com es ▁l itor is ▁Sax on ici ▁N ect ar id us ▁and ▁D ux ▁Britann iar um ▁Ful lo fa udes . ▁At ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁Frank ish ▁and ▁Sax on ▁forces ▁were ▁ra iding ▁the ▁coast al ▁areas ▁of ▁northern ▁Ga ul . ▁The ▁emp ire ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁midst ▁of ▁the ▁Great ▁Cons pi racy ▁– ▁and ▁was ▁in ▁danger ▁of ▁losing ▁control ▁of ▁Britain ▁altogether . ▁Val entin ian ▁set ▁out ▁for ▁Britain , ▁sending ▁Com es ▁domestic orum ▁Sever us ▁ahead ▁of ▁him ▁to ▁investigate . ▁Sever us ▁was ▁not ▁able ▁to ▁correct ▁the ▁situation ▁and ▁returned ▁to ▁Ga ul , ▁meeting ▁Val entin ian