Carausius

Family: Britons · Role: usurper · First appears: Book I · Chap. VI

Life events

Carausius seized imperial power and took possession of Britain.(Book I · Chap. VI · 📍 Britain)
- “he took upon him the imperial purple, and possessed himself of Britain”
Carausius was killed through the treachery of his associate Allectus.(Book I · Chap. VI)
- With: Allectus
- “he was at length put to death by the treachery of his associate Allectus.”

with Maximian (Maximian ordered Carausius's execution.) “When, therefore, an order was sent by Maximian that he should be put to death, he took upon him the imperial purple, and possessed himself of Britain”
with Allectus (Allectus treacherously killed Carausius.) “he was at length put to death by the treachery of his associate Allectus.”
enemies with Asclepiodotus (Asclepiodotus defeated Carausius's successor in the struggle for Britain.) “The usurper, having thus got the island from Carausius, held it three years, and was then vanquished by Asclepiodotus, the captain of the Praetorian guards”

Extracted from the original text of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England. Made with Rho MD.