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The Maeatae were a confederation of tribes who lived probably between Hadrian's Wall and the Antonine Wall or possibly just on either side of Hadrian's Wall in Roman Britain. Other sources indicate they lived beyond the Antonine Wall, which seems more likely as no tribe by that name is known to have existed south of that point. The historical sources are vague as to which frontier they inhabited.

Near the summit of Dumyat hill in the Ochils, overlooking Stirling, there are remains of a fort and the name of the hill is believed to be a corruption of "Dun Maeatae" - the hill of the Maeatae.

They appear to have come together as a result of treaties struck between the Roman Empire and the various frontier tribes in the 180s AD under the governorship of Ulpius Marcellus.

In 210 AD they began a serious revolt against the Roman Empire.

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