Allectus

Allectus (died 296) was a Roman-Britannic usurper in Britain and northern Gaul from 293 to 296.

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Its subject is documented across 31 Wikipedia language editions.

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Royalty.name: Allectus
Royalty.full name: Allectus
Royalty.title: Augustus of Gaul and Britannia
Royalty.image: Quinarius Allectus galley-RIC 0128.2.jpg
Royalty.caption: Allectus on a coin, with a galley on the reverse
Royalty.reign: 293–296
Royalty.predecessor: Carausius
Royalty.successor: None
Royalty.death_date: 296
Royalty.death_place: Britannia
Royalty.succession: Emperor of Britannia
Royalty.regnal name: Imperator Caesar Allectus Augustus

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Ancient Rome
Place of death: Roman Britain
Occupation: sovereign
Noble title: Augustus
Image: Quinarius Allectus galley-RIC 0128.2.jpg

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Commons category: Allectus
date of death: 0296-00-00
date of birth: 0201-00-00
present in work: The History of the Kings of Britain
time period: Later Roman Empire
name in native language: Allectus
described by source: Pauly–Wissowa

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Allectus (died 296) was a Roman-Britannic usurper in Britain and northern Gaul from 293 to 296.

==History== Allectus was treasurer to Carausius, a Menapian officer in the Roman navy who had seized power in Britain and northern Gaul in 286. In 293 Carausius was isolated when the western Caesar, Constantius Chlorus, retook some of his Gallic territories, particularly the crucial port of Bononia (modern Boulogne), and defeated Frankish allies of Carausius in Batavia. Allectus assassinated Carausius and assumed command himself.

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