Editing Maximian (section)

===Campaign against Allectus===
[[File:Quinarius Allectus galley-RIC 0128.2.jpg|thumb|right|Allectus, Carausius' successor. Legend: IMP. C. ALLECTVS P. F. AVG. / VIRTVS AVGusti – Senatus Consulto]]

Constantius met expectations quickly and efficiently and by 293 had expelled Carausian forces from northern Gaul. In the same year, Carausius was assassinated and replaced by his treasurer, [[Allectus]].{{sfnm|1a1=Barnes|1y=1981|1p=15|2a1=Potter|2y=2004|2p=288|3a1=Rees|3y=2002|3p=99|4a1=Southern|4y=2001|4pp=149–50|5a1=Williams|5y=1997|5pp=71–72}} Constantius marched up the coast to the Rhine and Scheldt estuaries where he was victorious over Carausius' Frankish allies, taking the title ''Germanicus maximus''.{{sfnm|1a1=Barnes|1y=1981|1pp=15–16|2a1=Barnes|2y=1982|2p=255}} His sights now set on Britain, Constantius spent the following years building an invasion fleet.{{sfnm|1a1=Barnes|1y=1981|1pp=15–16|2a1=Southern|2y=2001|2p=150}} Maximian, still in Italy after the appointment of Constantius, was apprised of the invasion plans and, in mid-296, returned to Gaul.{{sfn|Barnes|1982|pp=58–59}} There, he held the Rhenish frontiers against Carausius' Frankish allies while Constantius launched his invasion of Britain.{{sfnm|1a1=Barnes|1y=1982|1p=59|2a1=Southern|2y=2001|2p=150|3a1=Williams|3y=1997|3p=73}} Allectus was killed on the [[North Downs]] in battle with Constantius' praetorian prefect, [[Julius Asclepiodotus|Asclepiodotus]]. Constantius himself had landed near [[Dubris]] (Dover) and marched on [[Roman London|Londinium]] ([[London]]), whose citizens greeted him as a liberator.{{sfnm|1a1=Barnes|1y=1981|1p=16|2a1=Southern|2y=2001|2p=150|3a1=Williams|3y=1997|3pp=73–75}}