Maximus's Revolt

In 383, the hopper was turned on when Maximus's troops spontaneously hailed their general as Augustus. Unlike previous revolts that we've seen in the west, those of say posthumous or ferocious, Maximus was not acting out of local interest. He had no intention of setting up some splinter kingdom in the hopes of better addressing some crisis. The two armies met near Paris in mid-August 383, where they spent five days maneuvering around each other. None of the soldiers had any interest in actually fighting a battle and it quickly became apparent that this was going to be solved in the tents rather than in the field.