Oct 10, 2019
Coin with Carausius' face, minted in Londinium to pay soldiers of the Fourth Legion (c. 285 – 293).
In 286 AD, the Roman naval commander Carausius proclaimed himself Emperor in Britain and northern Gaul. He took his forces to the continent to seize power, also using a legion he had seized in Gaul. The Roman Emperor Maximian tried to invade Britain to defeat him, but failed, possibly due to bad weather. The Carausian Revolt endedin 293, when Constantinus Chlorus marched into Gaul and reclaimed it for Rome, and Allectus (Carausius' treasurer) assassinated Carausius himself.