Clodius Albinus. The coin celebrates Saeculum Frugiferum, probably Ba`al Hammon, a Phoenician divinity worshipped in North Africa, where Clodius came from.

Decimus Clodius Albinus (c. 150 - February 19, 197) was a roman usurper proclaimed emperor by the legions in Britain and Spain upon the murder of Pertinax. The name Albinus means "white", while one of his competitors for the purple was Pescennius Niger, whose name means "black". Image File history File links Aureus-Clodius_Albinus-RIC_0009b. ... Image File history File links Aureus-Clodius_Albinus-RIC_0009b. ... Ba‘al Hammon (more properly Ba‘al Ḥammon or possibly Ba‘al Ḥamon) was the chief god of Carthage, generally identified by the Greeks with Cronus and by the Romans with Saturn. ... Phoenicia was an ancient civilization in the north of ancient Canaan, with its heartland along the coastal plains of what are now Lebanon and Syria. ... For other uses, see number 150. ... February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events Roman Emperor Septimius Severus sacks Ctesiphon and captures an enormous number of its inhabitants as slaves. ... Usurpers were a common feature of the late Roman Empire, especially from the so-called crisis of the third century onwards, when political instability became the rule. ... For other uses, see Roman Empire (disambiguation). ... Pertinax (Archaeological museum, Antakya) Publius Helvius Pertinax (August 1, 126 - March 28, 193) was proclaimed Roman Emperor the morning following the assassination of Commodus on December 31, AD 192. ... Pescennius Niger as emperor. ...

Albinus came from an aristocratic provincial family in North Africa and held the governorship of Britain by AD 192. Events The kingdom of Champa begins to control south and central Vietnam (approximate date). ...

When Pertinax was assassinated, the praetorian prefect Aemilius Laetus and his men who had arranged the murder put the throne up for sale. It was purchased by the wealthy senator Didius Julianus, but a string of mutinies from the troops in the provinces meant the next emperor was far from decided. Jack Ruby murdered the assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, in a very public manner. ... The Praetorian Guard of Caesar Augustus - 1st century. ... Didius Julianus Marcus Severus Didius Julianus (133–193) was emperor of the Roman Empire from 28 March until 1 June 193. ...

In the civil war that followed, Albinus was initially allied with Septimus Severus, who had captured Rome, and accepted the title of Caesar from him. Albinus remained effective ruler of much of the western part of the empire with support from three British legions and one Spanish. The two came into conflict after Severus defeated Pescennius Niger in the eastern part of the empire, however, and Severus sent assassins to kill him. Emperor Septimius Severus Lucius Septimius Severus, (April 11, 146 - February 4, 211) was Roman emperor from April 9, 193 to 211. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1285 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2. ... Caesar (p. ... Pescennius Niger as emperor. ...

In Autumn 196, Albinus proclaimed himself emperor (Imperator Caesar Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Augustus), crossed from Britain to Gaul, bringing a large part of the British garrison with him (including II Augusta, VI Victrix, and XX Valeria Victrix). He defeated Severus' legate, Virius Lupus, and was able to lay claim to the military resources of Gaul. Events First year of Jianan era of the Chinese Han Dynasty Clodius Albinus, rival for Roman Emperor, leaves the province of Britain with all of the islands troops, and makes Gaul his headquarters. ... Map of Gaul circa 58 BC Gaul (from Latin Gallia, c. ... Legio II Augusta was a Roman legion, levied by Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus in 43 BC, and still operative in Britannia in 4th century. ... Legio VI Victrix (victorious legion) was founded by Octavian in 41 BC. It was a copy of Legio VI Ferrata and perhaps held veterans of that legion, and some soldiers kept to the traditions of the Caesarian legion. ... Legio XX Valeria Victrix was a Roman legion, probably raised by Augustus sometime after 31 BC. It served in Spain, Illyricum, and Germany before participating in the invasion of Britain in 43 AD, where it remained and was active until at least the beginning of the 4th century. ... Virius Lupus was a Roman soldier and politician of the late second and early third century AD. He served as a legate of one of the German provinces and supported Septimus Severus during the civil war that followed the murder of Pertinax. ...

In February 197 he met Severus' army at the Battle of Lugdunum. After a hard-fought battle, with 150,000 troops on either side recorded by Dio Cassius, Albinus was defeated and killed himself. Events Roman Emperor Septimius Severus sacks Ctesiphon and captures an enormous number of its inhabitants as slaves. ... The battle of Lugdunum, also called the battle of Lyon, was fought on 19 February 197 at Lugdunum (modern Lyon, France), between the armies of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus and of the Roman usurper Clodius Albinus. ... Dio Cassius Cocceianus (155–after 229), known in English as Dio Cassius or Cassius Dio, was a noted Roman historian and public servant. ...

Albinus had stripped Britain of every available soldier, which meant that Severus' new administration had to deal with several rebellions, including those of the Maeatae. The Maeatae were a confederation of tribes who lived probably between Hadrians Wall and the Antonine Wall or possibly just on either side of Hadrians Wall in Roman Britain. ...

External links

• www.livius.org
• James Grout: D. Clodius Albinus, part of the Encyclopædia Romana

Another Clodius Albinus was procurator in the Roman province of Iudaea in 62, immediately after the death of James the Just. Pertinax (Archaeological museum, Antakya) Publius Helvius Pertinax (August 1, 126 - March 28, 193) was proclaimed Roman Emperor the morning following the assassination of Commodus on December 31, AD 192. ... This is a partial list of Roman Governors of Britain under the Roman Empire. ... Virius Lupus was a Roman soldier and politician of the late second and early third century AD. He served as a legate of one of the German provinces and supported Septimus Severus during the civil war that followed the murder of Pertinax. ... Iudaea was the name of a Roman province, which extended over Judaea (Palestine). ... Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century Decades: 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s - 60s - 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s Years: 57 58 59 60 61 - 62 - 63 64 65 66 67 Events A great earthquake damages cities in Calabria including Pompeii. ... For people and places called Saint James, see the disambiguation page. ...