Editing Allectus (section)

{{Short description|Augustus of Gaul and Britannia from 293 to 296}}
{{Infobox Roman emperor
| name            =Allectus
|full name=Allectus
|title=[[Augustus (title)|Augustus]] of [[Gaul]] and [[Britannia]]
| image= Quinarius Allectus galley-RIC 0128.2.jpg
| caption         =Allectus on a coin, with a <br>galley on the reverse
| reign           =293–296
| predecessor     =[[Carausius]]
| successor       =None
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| death_date   =296
| death_place  =[[Roman Britain|Britannia]]
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||succession=[[Carausian Revolt|Emperor of Britannia]]|regnal name=Imperator Caesar Allectus Augustus}}
'''Allectus''' (died 296) was a [[Britannic Empire|Roman-Britannic]] [[Roman usurper|usurper]]-[[Roman emperors|emperor]] in [[Roman Britain|Britain]] and northern [[Gaul]] from 293 to 296.<ref name="DGRBM">{{cite encyclopedia | last = Schmitz | first = Leonhard | author-link = Leonhard Schmitz | title = Allectus | editor = William Smith | editor-link = William Smith (lexicographer) | encyclopedia = [[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]] | volume = 1 | pages = 132 | publisher = [[Little, Brown and Company]] | location = Boston | year = 1867 | url = http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;idno=acl3129.0001.001;q1=demosthenes;size=l;frm=frameset;seq=147}}</ref>