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Constantius, throwing caution to the wind, follows in the footsteps of Severus.

The featured image here is a bust of Constantius… And I thought I had a big nose.

(History of Britain, History of England, History of Wales, History of Scotland, Celtic History, Roman History)

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I’m back and so is Carausius! Here we go!

(History of Britain, History of England, History of Wales, History of Scotland, Celtic History, Roman History)

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This time Carausius is going to try his hand at this empire thing and see if he can do better than Albinus and Postumus.

(History of Britain, History of England, History of Wales, History of Scotland, Celtic History, Roman History)

Lets talk about Diocletian really quick.

Diocletian had claimed that he was divinely appointed by Jupiter and that he was essentially the hand of Jupiter on earth. Members know that this might not have been shocking to the Ancient Celts, since many of their chiefs and monarchs likely had also claimed divine appointment. But this divinity thing was certainly shocking for Rome. So why do it?

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Things are changing rather quickly on our little island.

(History of Britain, History of England, History of Wales, History of Scotland, Celtic History, Roman History)

So the Gallic Empire has been defeated and now Britannia was back within the folds of Rome. That was probably more than a little disheartening for the Romano-British. Once again, its rulers were on the other side of the world rather than just on the other side of the channel. The Romano-British were probably getting used to having the attention of Emperor Postumus. After all, Britannia was almost certainly the little jewel in his empire considering how stable and prosperous it was. And now he was dead and the empire was gone…. and they were going to get neglected once again.

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