See also:

• MARCUS

MARCUS AURELIUS See also:

• MARCUS AURELIUS CARAUSIUS

CARAUSIUS  , See also:

• TYRANT (Gr. r6pavvos, master, ruler)

tyrant or usurper in See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, A.D . 286-293, was a Menapian from Belgic See also:

• GAUL
• GAUL, GILBERT WILLIAM (1855— )

Gaul, a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of humble origin, who in his See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early days had been a See also:

• PILOT

pilot . Having entered the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, he rapidly obtained promotion, and was stationed by the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor Maximian at Gessoriacum (See also:

• BONONIA (mod. Bologna)

Bononia, See also:

• BOULOGNE, or BOULLONGNE

Boulogne) to protect the coasts and channel from Frankish and Saxon pirates . He at first acted energetically, but was subsequently accused of having entered into See also:

• PARTNERSHIP (earlier forms, partener, parcener, from Late Lat. partionarius for partitionarius, from partitio, sharing, pars, part)

partnership with the barbarians and was sentenced to See also:

• DEATH

death by the emperor . See also:

• CARAUSIUS, MARCUS AURELIUS

Carausius thereupon crossed over to Britain and proclaimed himself an See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent ruler . The legions at once joined him; See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers of See also:

• FRANKS
• FRANKS, SIR AUGUSTUS WOLLASTON (1826-1897)

Franks enlisted in his service; an increased and well-equipped See also:

• FLEET

fleet secured him the command of the neighbouring seas . In 289 Maximian attempted to recover the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island, but his fleet was damaged by a See also:

• STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
• STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

storm and he was defeated . Maximian and See also:

• DIOCLETIAN (GAIUs AURELIUS VALERIUS DIOCLETIANUS) (A.D. 245–313)
• DIOCLETIAN, EDICT OF (De Pretiis rerum venalium)

Diocletian were compelled to acknowledge the See also:

• RULE

rule of Carausius in Britain; numerous coins are extant with the heads of Carausius, Diocletian and Maximian, bearing the See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend " Carausius et fratres sui." In 292 See also:

• CONSTANTIUS, FLAVIUS VALERIUS

Constantius Chlorus besieged and captured Gessoriacum (hitherto in See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of Carausius), together with See also:

• PART

part of his fleet and See also:

• NAVAL

naval stores . Constantius then made extensive preparations to ensure the reconquest of Britain, but before they were completed Carausius was murdered by Allectus, his See also:

• PRAEFECT (praefectus)

praefect of the See also:

• GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

guards (Aurelius See also:

• VICTOR
• VICTOR, GAIUS JULIUS (4th cent. A.D.)
• VICTOR, SEXTUS AURELIUS

Victor, Caesares, 39; See also:

• EUTROPIUS

Eutropius ix . 21, 22; See also:

• EUMENIUS (c. A.D. 260-311)

Eumenius, Panegyrici ii . 12, v . 12) .

A Roman mile-See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone found near See also:

• CARLISLE
• CARLISLE, EARLS OF

Carlisle (1895) bears the inscription See also:

• IMP
• IMP (O. Eng. impa, a graft, shoot; the verb impian is cognate with Ger. impfen, to graft, inoculate, and the Fr. enter; the ultimate origin is probably the Gr. 'µ4uety, to implant, cf. Et.A4Uros, engrafted)

IMP . C[aes] M . AUR[elius] MAUS . The meaning of MAUS is doubtful, but it may be an anticipation of ARAUS (see F . J . Haverfield in See also:

• CUMBERLAND
• CUMBERLAND, DUKES AND EARLS OF
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1632-1718)
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1732-1811)
• CUMBERLAND, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS

Cumberland and Westmoreland Antiquarian See also:

• SOC

Soc . Transactions, 1895, p . 437) . A See also:

• COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper See also:

• COIN
• COIN (older forms of the word are coyne, quoin and coign, all derived through the O. Fr. coing, and cuigne from Lat. cuneus, a wedge)

coin found at Richborough, inscribed Domino Carausio See also:

• CES

Ces., must be ascribed to a Carausius of later date, since the type of the See also:

• REVERSE

reverse is not found until the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 4th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century at the earliest . Nothing is known of this Carausius (A . J . See also:

• EVANS, CHRISTMAS (1766-1838)
• EVANS, EVAN HERBER (1836-1896)
• EVANS, OLIVER (1755–1819)
• EVANS, SIR GEORGE DE LACY (1787–1870)
• EVANS, SIR JOHN (1823-1908)

Evans in Numismatic See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

Chronicle, 1887, " On a coin of a second Carausius See also:

• CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS (102—44 B.c.)
• CAESAR, SIR JULIUS (1557-1558-1636)

Caesar in Britain in the Fifth Century ") .

See J . See also:

• WATTS, ALARIC ALEXANDER (1797-1864)
• WATTS, GEORGE FREDERICK (1817-1904)
• WATTS, ISAAC (1674-1748)

Watts de Peyster, The See also:

• HISTORY

History of Carausius, the Dutch See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus (1858) ; P . H . See also:

• WEBB, MATTHEW (1848-1883)
• WEBB, SIDNEY (1859– )

Webb, The Reign and Coinage of Carausius (1908) .