Allectus

Allectus
Augustus of Gaul and Britannia
Allectus on a coin, with a
galley on the reverse.
Emperor of Britannia
Reign293–296
PredecessorCarausius
SuccessorNone
Died296
Britannia
Names
Allectus
Regnal name
Imperator Caesar Allectus Augustus

Allectus (died 296) was a Roman-Britannic usurper-emperor in Britain and northern Gaul from 293 to 296.[1]

  1. ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Allectus". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 132.