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Emperors of Rome

Reclaiming Britannia

Emperors of Rome

La Trobe University

Rome, Caillan Davenport, Roman History, Roman Emire, La Trobe University, Rhiannon Evans, Julius Caesar, History, Caesar, Biography, Ancient History, Roman Emperors, Emperor

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Constantius was elevated to Caesar with one primary mission - retake Britannia for the Roman empire. In the later half of the fourth century the province and parts of western Gaul had retained a stubborn sort of independence, flying in the face of a unified Rome. If the tetrarchy were to prove they were a stable system, this had to come to an end.

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Episode CCLII (252)

Part IV of Diocletian

Guest: Professor Caillan Davenport (Centre for Classical Studies, Australian National University)

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0:00.0

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0:02.2

As you may have heard this year, Emperors of Rome is now a listener-supported podcast, complete

0:06.8

with a shiny Patreon account.

0:08.7

You can find out more by going to patreon.com forward slash Rome podcast.

0:13.3

To give you a taste of what you could be hearing, this month there is a bonus podcast

0:17.3

with archaeologist Peter Guest.

0:19.6

He's talking about the discovery and identification

0:22.1

of coins of Corousius, which will become very relevant to today's episode. So just as a teaser,

0:28.0

I'll put a clip from that bonus episode at the end of this one. If you'd like to hear

0:31.5

the whole thing, please give you support. Thanks.

0:37.0

Arvay. Thanks. Arveh, and welcome to Emperors of Rome.

0:43.3

I'm your host Matt Smith and with me today is Professor Kalyn Davenport, head at the Centre

0:48.9

for Classical Studies at the Australian National University.

0:52.7

This is episode C-C-L-I-I, reclaiming Britannia.

0:58.2

Constantius was elevated to Caesar with one primary mission, retake Britannia for the Roman Empire.

1:05.1

In the latter half of the 4th century, the province of Britannia and parts of Western Gaul

1:09.8

had retained a stubborn sort of independence, flying in the face of Britannia and parts of Western Gaul had retained a stubborn sort of

1:11.6

independence, flying in the face of a unified Rome. If the Tetraarchy would approve they

1:17.3

were a stable system, this had to come to an end. Here's Kalyn Davenport. So we will start this

1:24.1

episode with Constantius, who has been largely appointed for and left with

1:31.1

the problem of Carousius in Britain.

1:34.3

Yes, that's right, Matt.

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