[British Isles / Roman AH] - Byzantine Britain?

The whole Roman naming system was kind of in shambles at that point to be honest (and let's face it, had been ever since "Flavius" became a first name and personal names became determined by cognomina roughly around the time of Constantine I), and I for one honestly can't accept that Magnus Maximus's parents literally named him "Greatest of the great". Seeing as history only records Flavius Victor as Maximus' son, "Flavius Claudius Constaninus" could just be a name the guy adopted.

As to how "Aurelianus" arose in the first place, I'm going with the adoption theory (ergo, someone in the gens Artorius adopted a guy citizen'd by the Antonine Edict), at least back in the day when the naming system was more solid.

Magnus Maximus is exceedingly unlikely to be the guy's birth name. So you can give him any birth name you like.
 
Like I said earlier, Flavius Magnus could be the simpler possibility.
If he really was the nephew of Count Theodosius, he could be the son of his brother Flavius Honorius (not to be confused with Mr. "Rome the chicken is fallen!"), but it really doesn't matter given that "Flavius" had become more of a title and people were effectively using cognomina as personal names.
 
If he really was the nephew of Count Theodosius, he could be the son of his brother Flavius Honorius (not to be confused with Mr. "Rome the chicken is fallen!"), but it really doesn't matter given that "Flavius" had become more of a title and people were effectively using cognomina as personal names.
Damn Roman naming system! :p
 
Whoever roman wants to rescue Britannia, he got 3 issues:

1. Almost nobody in the rural areas is going to support him, because they never cared about the roman empire at all.
2. there are a lot of competititors, who are not interested into something like Britannia at all.
3. Whoever he writes a letter to these days, he will definately not respond.

How close you like to get to ASB? Just if you goal for a roman Britannia.
If the roman troops are not leaving Britannia, you got a small chance for a more roman society.
Even if I got no clue, how roman these units have been at all around 400.
 
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@Droman

After a lot of timewasting on Family Echo, I've figured out how exactly the big screwed-up family tree of Sub-Roman Britain looks like in my headcanon.

House of Eudaf Hen
  • Eudaf Hen ("Octavius")
    • Conan Meriadoc
      • Cynan?
        • Cadorius, Duke of Cornwall
      • Ursula m. M. Artorius Constantinus
        • House of Artorius
    • Gadeon
      • Unnamed daughter m. Coel Hen
        • House of Coel Hen
    • Elen m. Magnus Maximus
      • House of Maximus
House of Magnus Maximus
  • Flavius (Julius? Honorius? Theodosius?) Magnus Maximus Augustus ("Magnus Maximus", "Macsen Wledig") m. Elen d/o Eudaf Hen
    • Flavius Victor
    • Publicus
    • Constantine = Constantine III?
      • House of Constantine (?)
    • Severina m. Vortigern
      • House of Vortigern
    • Gratiana Maxima m. Flavius Anicius Probinus
      • Flavius Anicius Petronius Maximus Augustus ("Petronius Maximus")
House of Constantine
  • Flavius Claudius Constantinus Augustus ("Constantine III")
    • Flavius Claudius Constans ("Constans II")
    • Flavius Claudius Julianus
      • Flavius Claudius Constantius m. Lea ("the Unclean Lioness") of Damnonia
        • Flavius Claudius Leo Constantinus (usurper), m. Corinna d/o Lot (?)
          • Flavius Claudius Aurelius Constantinus "Caninus" ("Aurelius Conan")
    • Marcus Artorius Constantinus (adopted) m. Ursula d/o Conan Meriadoc
      • House of Artorius
House of Vortigern
  • Vortigern ("the proud usurper") s/o Vitalis gs/o Vitalinus m. Severina d/o Magnus Maximus (1), Rowena d/o Hengist (2)
    • Vortimer
      • Vortiporius ("the dragon")
        • Kings of Dyfed
    • Catigern
      • Cadell Ddyrnllwg
        • Cyngen Glodrydd
          • Kings of Powys
      • Rhyddfedd Frych
    • Pascent
    • Faustus (w/ Rowena)
House of Artorius
  • Marcus Artorius Aurelianus (descendant of Marcus Aurelius ______ adopted by Lucius Artorius Castus, usurper mentioned by Zosimus)
    • Marcus Artorius "Constantinus" (adopted by Constantine III) m. Ursula d/o Conan Meriadoc
      • Ambrosius Aurelianus
        • Ambrosius the seer (Merlin, adopted)
      • Artorius Draconarius ("Uther Pendragon") m. Igerna of Dumnonia
        • Madocus (with Matrona)
          • Eliwlod
        • Artorius Aurelianus, later Arturius Aurelianus ("King Arthur") m. Guinevere d/o Gogfran Gawr
          • Llacheu (with Lisanor of Caridgan)
          • Arthur the Little (with Guinevere)
          • Moderatus Amarus ("Medraut") s/o Lot and Corinna (adopted) m. Gwenhwyvach
            • Two unnamed sons
House of Anblaud
  • Amlawd Wledig
    • Goleuddydd m. Cilydd of Celidon
      • Culhwch m. Olwen
    • Igerna m. Gorlois, duke of Dumnonia (1), Uther Pendragon (2)
      • Corinna ("Anna", "Gwyar", "Morgause") m. Lot of Leudonia (1), Leo Constanine (2?)
        • Gwalchmai
        • Medraut m. Gwenhwyvach
          • Two unnamed sons
        • Aurelius Conan (with Leo Constantine?)
      • Arthur m. Guinevere
        • House of Artorius
 
I'm unashamed to admit I'm completely at a loss every time I read through one of the family tries and try linking it to the other. Mind breaking it down for me?

As a sidenote, I've researched the various Sarmatian incursion/settlement moments in history. I've deduced that "pre-POD" changes could be having the Eastern and Western Roman Empire to settle the Sarmatians generally in northern Gaul and Britain. There's possible instances in 323 AD, 334 AD, 378 AD, 409 AD and 451 AD that could add a very strong Sarmatian flavour to a Pendragon Britain. Gives tens of thousands of more Sarmatian and sub-Sarmatian cavalry for Constantine's campaign and become a pillar of their generational rule afterwards.
 
@Droman

Here's the full family tree. LOOK INTO THE EYES OF THE DRAGON AND DESPAIR!

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A rework of the roots of House Constantinus and House Aurelianus.

The Marcomannic Wars waged by the Roman Empire sees the British-born Emperor Constantine settle the various Sarmatian tribes in the north of Britannia, using them to man the Hadrian Wall in lieu of transferring more legions to Britannia. This massive migration greatly influences the cultural disposition of Britannia, as the largely pagan Sarmatians gradually convert to Pelagianism during the spread of that variant of Christianity during the 4th and 5th centuries. It also creates both a military tradition of heavy cavalry for the region (typically kept in Britannia to police the truculent Britons) as well as a curious proliferation of a tradition for women to go to war, along with a cultural reverence for swords.

The Sarmatian presence in Britannia expands in the reign of Marcus Aurelius, whose victories in the Marcomannic Wars sees more Sarmatians settled in Britannia. Later reforms by Aurelius causing the franchisement of all residents in the Empire as Roman citizens results in many Sarmato-Roman families taking the surnames Aurelius, Aurelianus, Constantius or Constantinus among others. From this military community in Britannia arises the native general Flavius Claudius Constantinus, a Pelagian adherent who is wed to the daughter of a former Imperial claimant (Flavius Magnus Augustus) by her distant cousin the Emperor Honorius following the defeat of her father in 388 AD.
 
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