Stelle Quartus fuit Karitius imperator et...; (Historia Brittonum (829 - 830), p. 65 (ch. 24)) [816]

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Text Historia Brittonum (829 - 830) Nennius
Quotation Quartus fuit Karitius imperator et tyrannus, qui et ipse in Brittanniam venit tyrannide. Qui propterea tyrannus fuit pro occisione Severi et cum omnibus ducibus romanicae gentis, qui erant cum eo iun Brittannia, transverberavit omnes regulos Brittannorum et vindicavit valde Severum ab illis et purpuram Brittanniae occupavit.
Translation The fourth emperor was Carausius, who was a tyrant, and came to Britain tyrannically. He became tyrant because of the killing of Severus, and along with all the generals of the Roman nation who were with him in Britain, he struck down all the little kings of the British, and took the purple over Britain. (J. Morris, p.24).
Quotation source p. 65 (ch. 24)
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