Marcus Aurelius Mausaeus Carausius commanded the Channel fleet from its base at Bononia (Boulogne) with responsibility for clearing Saxon and Frankish pirates from the Channel approaches to southeast Britain. His interceptions were militarily successful but his accusers claimed he allowed raiders to plunder first, then seized the loot himself. Facing execution, he declared himself Augustus in Britain in 286 AD and ruled for seven years — the first of the Britannic usurpers.
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