Marcus Aurelius Mausaeus Carausius
Keeping the North Sea
free of barbarian pirates in the late third century is a man by the name of
Carausius. Carausius is a famous Belgican. He also becomes famous for not
handing over all of the loot he grabs from the pirates he nabs. Before the
emperor’s men grab him, in AD 286 he scoots to safety and decides to go it
alone. He grabs Britain and the important North Sea fleet for himself.
Carausius is a bull of a
man with a huge neck and a bit of a Neronian look to him. His luck holds out,
with one invasion attempt failing, until Constantius Chlorus is appointed to
get him out. Chlorus besieges him in Carausius’s continental foothold in
northern Gaul. However, one of Carausius’s commanders kills him and takes over
the usurper’s throne for himself, in AD 293.
As a barbarian, in his
presence make sure you distance yourself from whatever tribes have been doing
the latest raiding (probably Saxons). If cornered, you might chance it and
point out he wouldn’t be half the man he was today if your fellow pirates
hadn’t been half a fine as body of looters that they are.
From The Discerning Barbarian's Guidebook to Roman Britain: People to Meet and Places to Plunder [Paperback] by Lee Rotherham
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