Primus Pilus Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 I wonder why Diocletian didn't do away with Carausius? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Pilus Posted January 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 I wonder why Diocletian didn't do away with Carausius? Well he did, in a way. Diocletian's western Caesar, Maximianus Herculius, was charged with eliminating Carausius in Britain. It took several years of campaigning that never actually succeeded. Though defeated in battle by Constantius Chlorus, Carausius was actually murdered by his own subordinate (Allectus, who continued the breakaway empire), but the failure to remove him by the authorities in Rome and Nicomedia (Diocletian's eastern capital) was not for lack of trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecimusCaesar Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 Very interesting, thanks for posting PP! I was reading about Carausius and Allectus quite recently in Guy De La Bedoyere's Roman Britain. It's a fascinating period in Romano-British history that is often ignored. I always find it odd how some documentaries (and even some history books) claim that Roman Britain suffered no wars after Boudica in AD 60. The defeat of Allectus led paved the way for Constantine I, considering it was his father Constantius Chlorus who was given command in the province. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spittle Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 Interesting stuff. I think the 'Roman Britain' book could be an addition to my shelves in the very near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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