Carausius (286-293), rebel emperor of Roman Britain
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- A talk about the remarkable Marcus Aurelius Mausaeus Carausius who declared a breakaway regime in the Roman province of Britain in 286. He ruled for seven years until he was murdered by his minister Allectus, who was himself defeated and killed by the legitimate regime of Diocletian and Maximian in 296. Carausius is most celebrated today for his remarkable coinage and his interest in claiming to be restoring the Roman world in Britain after decades of disorder. To do this, he utilized imagery and words from the Augustan poet Vergil, which it was my privilege to discover two major pieces of evidence for. No other Roman emperor ever utilized classical literature to support his regime's ideology this way. Guy de la Bedoyere
Another excellent talk by Guy.
He's one of my favourite historians. He's also one of the best story-tellers on any of his several areas of expertise.
Thanks Guy
I hope he starts up pod casts….love his story telling…
What a wonderful half hour! Again! Full of stories, mysteries and solved riddles ... Thank you so much and greetings from Germany
So glad when Guy pops up in my feed even, in this case, when it's a full year late. Greetings and thanks from Brooklyn.
Well done! Great to have a quality historian making videos for TH-cam.
Absolutely fantastic, Guy. I can't begin to imagine what you felt like when you realised what those letter stood for.
Thrilling account of your discovery of the Virgil lines! I knew it was attributed to you but never heard how it was uncovered, just delightful. As you say, in that moment you were connected to Carausius himself across the millennia.
Absolutely fascinating. When I was teaching high school physics and engineering (retired two years ago at 65), I always told my students to keep their minds open and never focus only on their core studies. No one field of study can truly be useful in a vacuum. The epiphany at bath time is a wonderful example of how breadth of interests and knowledge can produce breakthrough discoveries. I'd have loved to use this as an example in my classes. Your words at the end (around 33:00) mirror my own thinking perfectly. Wonderful story all the way around!
Thanks for your inspiring presentation. I was looking at a presentation on Fishbourne Roman Palace and I would place a large bet this is where Carausius moved into doing the final renovations and installing heating. The fact the palace only equals the size of those in Rome would probably have really pushed his Emperor buttons. It would also explain its destruction (no more Emperor of Britain attempts) and the incomplete heating system. My theory was it was first conceived only for use for imperial visits during summer months hence the lack of heating systems originally. A northern imperial summer residence. If and when Carausius took it over it was a residence that would have played a central role in his mindset.
As always, an excellent writer and narrator!
Entertaining and instructive delivery. As a detectorist I particularly appreciated your acknowledgment of the part played by those in our hobby who have added to our knowledge of this reign by their finds. Thank you Guy.
Another tour de force Guy, thank you. If you ever want to raise an army to march on London please count me as one of your loyal foot soldiers. Best from Albany WA, Toby
Fascinating as ever, Guy. Many thanks!
Captivating account as always. Thank you, Guy!
Fascinating talk, thanks Guy. I knew of Carausius, I even have a coin of his but this talk has filled in so much detail that I was unaware of. I will now dig a little deeper into his history.
Thank you. I enjoyed that very much. Rosemary Sutcliffe introduced me to this fascinating character. You’ve put flesh on the bones. You’re a great miss on the telly. I don’t find the current bunch very inspiring…..
Thank you so much for this information, I read about the RSR on the Carausius coins in Sam Moorhead book of Roman coins about your discovery, it helped me to ID and give a better description for a silver denarius with war galley on the reverse I found
I usually consider myself a jack of all trades, master of none due to my lateral knowledge rather than depth of knowledge. But now that you mention it, it was the fact that I once was a Shakespearean actor, became a computer scientist, and now work in innovation for people with disabilities that allowed me to solve a problem that had alluded many way more talented folks than me. I solved an accessibility problem by writing it out as a Shakespeare script, and then programming the software from that.
Good timing for this, i get to eat lunch with my favorite historian :) its been a pleasure as always . Cheers .
Wonderful talk Guy. Thank you so much for bringing this story to life
I too heard of Carausius through Rosemary Sutcliffe and found him a fascinating enigma. Thank you for fleshing him out a little. I always know I'm in for an interesting time when I start to watch one of your videos! I love the kind of serendipity that leads one to make a discovery like the one you describe with the Vergil quotations.
Brilliant. Broaden those horizons.
This was really interesting . Thank you !
Perfect. Thanks very much.
Great stuff.Thanks for sharing your knowledge and wisdom.
Thanks Guy. Very interesting and entertaining to listen to you. I enjoyed especially how put yourself in the shoes of Carausius! I don’t know very much about Roman history at all but from what your average time team geek might have gleaned. I have to say though that I agree wholeheartedly about looking left and right. I’m a fiddle maker and I am absolutely fascinated by tools, so I’m always researching techniques and evolution of tools which inevitably leads to learning skills that are not really considered part of my job. In the baroque period my job required a much wider skill set than it does now...Antonio Stradivarius is not widely famous for making the hinges for his violin cases. Happily we can all probably find a video on TH-cam explaining how to make a hinge if we ever need to know. I’m so happy I fell on your channel randomly today. I would like to thank you for making this kind of information easily digestible.
I knew none of that before watching this video. Thank you very much.
Another great story from history.
Thanks
Thank you, Guy!
So glad I found your channel. :)
I appreciate your clear understanding of the subject matter.
So fascinating!
Hi Guy, I read your paper about the RSR and INCPDA marks in the NC back in 1998 the year after I became a F.R.N.S...., I am also very fond of Carausian coinage
What an absolutely breathtaking and wonderful video.. Thank You so much Guy. Greetings and Felicitations from San Francisco.
Thank you for this. I always enjoy your videos.
Wonderful video on a subject I really enjoy. I really like these videos on lesser known subjects, people,events etc.
Love this, I made a video of Othona where Marcus would have been in Essex, what a career he had fascinating
Excellent video Guy,
I have read online that there are also coins bearing the words "Restitutor Britanniae" (Restorer of Britain) and "Genius Brittanniae" (Spirit of Britain) but have been unable to find photographic examples. Can you confirm or deny their existence?
I can't help but think Carausius was playing to some popular sentiment among the Romano British population at the time who given the circumstances could have felt the need for a full time leader based in Britain
Amazing video, got Carasius IMP CARAVSIVS P F IN AVG,,,,,RSR with Clasped hands on Reverse Sam Moorhead from British museum in London said first time see RSR coin With PF IN AVG, u can see coin in his book coming Soon about Carasius and Alectvs,,U got Unbelievable knowledge Sir best Of luck
Superb ...
Wonderful. Thank you
Superb.
Brilliant…have you considered doing pod casts ?
Excellent
Brilliant story.
Hey Guy that is an impressive achievement and you have every right to blow your own horn a bit. Your name will be attached to that discovery for all time. I appreciate your humbleness about it though. I suppose it’s because you more than most people momento mori.
great vid
Oh I did have a question, was watching the time team episode the llygadwy hoax episode, I just wondered if you had thoughts on it ? like did you feel it was a fraud pretty early on when you saw the coins or did it take time for you to piece it together? and if you had any thoughts on what happened there and if it was a recent or older hoax
We suspected it was a fake before the shoot. As soon as I saw the coins I knew it was a fake. Although they were genuine, they had obviously been stored in a bag for years and included a random selection of 18th and 19th century pieces as well.
A Guy video at lunchtime... could there be a better thing? I think not.