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Carausius: The Pirate King

The Ancients

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Kerosius and the Minape

Kerosius was an outsider in terms of the court is from the minape from the northern frontier getting too big for his boots as a successful general maximian's only just become the emperor in the west. When he makes his initial use of pation he gets huge support certainly from britain she's got three legions quiver of number of auxiliars so that's 30 to 40 000 troops. If you're a noble or a military leader in a territory usurping britain as an example so long way from Rome you're going to have to make a decision aren't you  you know i'm the new emperor i'm posthumus or i'm carausius

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