Carausius

Carausius (Marcus Aurelius Valerius) , Roman captain, born at the Ménapiens, in the Gaulle Belgium, was charged by the Maximien emperor with going to defend the coasts of the Atlantique against the Saxons and the Francs: but, envisaging a disgrace, it unloaded in the Great Britain and was made there proclaim emperor by the legions (287). II could be maintained six years in this province; at the end of this time, he was assassinated by Allectus, one of his officers, towards 293.