Menapii
Videos
The Menapii were a Belgic tribe dwelling near the North Sea, around present-day Cassel, during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
Reconstruction of a Menapian dwelling at Destelbergen.
Sequani coin 5th to 1st century BCE
Carausius
Videos
Marcus Aurelius Mausaeus Carausius was a military commander of the Roman Empire in the 3rd century. He was a Menapian from Belgic Gaul, who usurped power in 286, during the Carausian Revolt, declaring
Menapii
…ally Commius of the Atrebates in control of them. A cohort of Menapian auxiliaries is attested by inscriptions dating to the 2nd century in Britain. Carausius, the 3rd century commander of the Roman fleet who declared himself emperor of Britain and northern Gaul, was a Menapian, born in Batavia. A legion…
Carausius coin from Londinium mint. On the reverse, the lion, symbol of Legio IV Flavia Felix.