Allectus
Allectus
- R. S. O. Tomlin
Extract
Allectus, probably finance minister (rationalis summae rei) of the usurper *Carausius, whom he succeeded by assassination in ce 293. His coinage and the archaeological evidence of ambitious building-work in *Londinium contrast with the negative picture given by a panegyric of *Constantius I, who finally organized a successful invasion of Britain in 296, in which the praetorian prefect Asclepiodotus defeated and killed Allectus.Subjects
- Late Antiquity
