{"slug": "carausius", "label": "Carausius", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carausius", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q317232", "qid": "Q317232", "description": "emperor in Britain and northern Gaul from 286 to 293", "entries": 9, "years": 8, "span": [285, 296], "span_label": ["285 CE", "296 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "boulogne-sur-mer", "label": "Boulogne-sur-Mer", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "franks", "label": "Franks", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "maximian", "label": "Maximian", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "constantius-i", "label": "Constantius I", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "gaul", "label": "Gaul", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "roman-britain", "label": "Roman Britain", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "seine", "label": "Seine", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hampshire", "label": "Hampshire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "isle-of-wight", "label": "Isle of Wight", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "praetorian-prefect", "label": "Praetorian prefect", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "english-channel", "label": "English Channel", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 285, "year_label": "285 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Carausius, naval commander at Bononia (modern-day Boulogne), is given the task of clearing the English Channel of Frankish and Saxon pirates.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367051271#Roman_Empire", "title": "285", "revid": 1367051271, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 286, "year_label": "286 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Summer: Carausius, commander of the Classis Britannica, is accused of piracy by Maximian and is sentenced to death. He responds by declaring himself emperor of Britain and Northwestern Gaul. His forces consist of the newly built Roman fleet and three legions in Britain. The Carausian Revolt is supported by Gaulish merchant ships and Frankish mercenaries.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1326554179#Roman_Empire", "title": "286", "revid": 1326554179, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 288, "year_label": "288 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Around this time, an army loyal to Maximian, probably led by the future emperor Constantius, defeats the usurper Carausius or his Frankish allies in northern Gaul. In this or the following year, Carausius withdraws his military forces and administrative presence from Gaul, confining himself to Roman Britain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1326174976#Roman_Empire", "title": "288", "revid": 1326174976, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 289, "year_label": "289 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "In this or the following year, Maximian attempts to reconquer Britain from the usurper Carausius but is defeated at sea.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1335486001#Roman_Empire", "title": "289", "revid": 1335486001, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 290, "year_label": "290 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Following his victory over Emperor Maximian's fleet, the usurper Carausius invades the European mainland and re-establishes his military and administrative presence in northern Gaul.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1326206255#Roman_Empire", "title": "290", "revid": 1326206255, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 291, "year_label": "291 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "An uneasy peace is established between the emperors Diocletian and Maximian on the one hand, and the rival emperor Carausius on the other.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1270957689#Roman_Empire", "title": "291", "revid": 1270957689, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 293, "year_label": "293 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Constantius retakes some of the Gallic territories from the usurper Carausius. He conquers the crucial port of Bononia (modern Boulogne).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367495846#Roman_Empire", "title": "293", "revid": 1367495846, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 293, "year_label": "293 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Carausius, Roman general and usurper", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367495846#Deaths", "title": "293", "revid": 1367495846, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 296, "year_label": "296 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "In this or the previous year, Caesar Constantius I assembles two invasion fleets with the intent of overthrowing the usurper Allectus, who is based in Britain. The first is under the command of Asclepiodotus, Maximian's long-serving Praetorian Prefect. Asclepiodotus sails from the mouth of the Seine, and lands near the Isle of Wight, where his forces defeat Allectus in Hampshire. Allectus is killed in the fighting. Constantius leaves Boulogne with his fleet, and occupies London, where he slaughters some of Allectus' Frankish mercenaries. With this victory, the Romano-British regime first established by Carausius is overthrown, and Britain is re-incorporated into the rest of the empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267076673#Roman_Empire", "title": "296", "revid": 1267076673, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}]}