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Historical person
died 296
Allectus succeeded Carausius and ruled Britain from 293 until the Roman reconquest of 296. His brief reign ended the independent Britannic regime established by Carausius.
The Silver Branch places its resistance story under Allectus after his murder of Carausius. Allectus and the imperial reconquest are historical; the novel’s resistance company is fictional.
Series
Rosemary Sutcliff’s Roman Britain Trilogy follows three widely separated generations connected by a dolphin-engraved family ring as Roman power in Britain changes and finally disappears. The Eagle of the Ninth is set in the second-century province and sends Marcus Aquila beyond Hadrian’s Wall. The Silver Branch moves to…
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