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Carausius had deliberately used his coinage for propaganda purposes, and some of his slogans, such as a claim to have restored 'liberty', were designed to appeal to
British sentiment. Constantius answered such claims in a famous medal struck on the morrow of his victory, in which he described
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His reign has left little record, although his coin issues display a similar distribution to those of
Carausius. They are found in north western Gaul, indicating that the recapture of Bononia did not spell the end of the rebel empire on that side of the
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officer in the Roman navy who had seized power in
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