Carausian Revolt

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revolt secessionist conflict uprising

The Carausian Revolt was a late 3rd-century uprising in Roman Britain and northern Gaul, during which the naval commander Carausius broke away from Rome and briefly established an independent breakaway empire.

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Label	Occurrences
Carausian Revolt canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	revolt ⓘ secessionist conflict ⓘ uprising ⓘ
belligerent	Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ regime of Allectus ⓘ regime of Carausius ⓘ
chronology	occurred during the Tetrarchic reforms period ⓘ
commander	Allectus NERFINISHED ⓘ Asclepiodotus NERFINISHED ⓘ Carausius NERFINISHED ⓘ Constantius Chlorus NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictType	civil war within the Roman Empire ⓘ
endTime	296 ⓘ
followedBy	creation of the Diocese of the Britains ⓘ reorganization of Roman Britain under Diocletian and Constantius Chlorus ⓘ
hasCause	dispute over Carausius’s handling of Frankish and Saxon pirates ⓘ power vacuum and instability during the Crisis of the Third Century ⓘ threatened execution of Carausius by the central Roman authorities ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late 3rd century ⓘ
languageOfSources	Latin ⓘ
location	English Channel NERFINISHED ⓘ North Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Gaul NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponent	Diocletian NERFINISHED ⓘ Maximian NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Crisis of the Third Century NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalEntityCreated	breakaway empire of Carausius ⓘ independent regime in Britain and northern Gaul ⓘ
primarySource	Aurelius Victor’s De Caesaribus NERFINISHED ⓘ Eutropius’s Breviarium historiae Romanae NERFINISHED ⓘ Panegyrici Latini NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Allectus NERFINISHED ⓘ Carausius NERFINISHED ⓘ Constantius Chlorus NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocletian NERFINISHED ⓘ Maximian NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	defeat of the breakaway regime of Carausius and Allectus ⓘ reconquest of Britain and northern Gaul by the central Roman Empire ⓘ
significantEvent	assassination of Carausius by Allectus ⓘ battle in which Allectus was defeated and killed ⓘ invasion of Britain by Constantius Chlorus ⓘ proclamation of Carausius as emperor in Britain ⓘ seizure of control of the British fleet by Carausius ⓘ
startTime	286 ⓘ
territoryClaimed	Britannia NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Gaulish coastal provinces ⓘ

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Subject: Carausian Revolt
Description of subject: The Carausian Revolt was a late 3rd-century uprising in Roman Britain and northern Gaul, during which the naval commander Carausius broke away from Rome and briefly established an independent breakaway empire.

Referenced by (1)

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Roman Britain → significantEvent → Carausian Revolt ⓘ