Carausius

Reece Period attributed: Period 14

Member of the Britannic Emperors dynasty.

Coins for this issuer were issued from 286 until 293.

Marcus Aurelius Mausaeus Carausius was a military commander under Maximian and Diocletian. When the two emperors assembled a military force to fight the Franks and Saxons, Carausius held command of the fleet.

The emperors accused Carausius of taking pirate spoil for himself and resolved to punish him, but he escaped into Britain with a small force. There, he declared himself Augustus and trained the locals as sailors and soldiers.

Diocletian and Maximian failed in their attempts to squash Carausius’ reign. His rule extended far into Gaul, and in 290 the two emperors were forced to recognize his regime. In 293 Allectus, Carausius’ minister of finance, killed him and assumed power.

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• Preferred label: Carausius
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  • Marcus Aurelius Mausaeus Valerius Carausius
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• Definition: Marcus Aurelius Mausaeus Valerius Carausius (died 293) was a military commander of the Roman Empire in the 3rd century. He was a Menapian from Belgic Gaul, who usurped power in 286, during the Carausian Revolt, declaring himself emperor in Britain and northern Gaul (Imperium Britanniarum). He did this only 13 years after the Gallic Empire of the Batavian Postumus was ended in 273. He held power for seven years, before being assassinated by his finance minister Allectus.
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  • 3rd-century Roman usurpers
  • 3rd-century monarchs in Europe
  • Aurelii
  • Valerii
  • Ancient Romans in Britain
  • 293 deaths
  • Characters in works by Geoffrey of Monmouth
  • British traditional history
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  • People from Roman Gaul
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