Carausius, commander of the Classis Britannica, declared himself emperor of Britain and northern Gaul. Yorkshire ports including the Humber estuary were part of his independent empire. Roman naval patrols from the Yorkshire coast were reorganised under his regime. His assassination by Allectus brought Yorkshire back under central Roman control after Constantius Chlorus's successful reconquest of 296.
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