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Encyclopedia > Gaius Julius Alpinus Classicianus

Gaius Julius Alpinus Classicianus was procurator of Roman Britain from 61 to his death in 65. A promagistrate is a person who acts in and with the authority and capacity of a magistrate, but without holding a magisterial office. ... Principal sites in Roman Britain Roman Britain is the term applied to the historical period when Britain was under Roman rule, usually considered AD 44 to 410. ... For other uses, see number 61. ... For other uses, see number 65. ...


He was appointed after his predecessor, Catus Decianus, had fled to Gaul in the aftermath of the rebellion of Boudicca. He expressed concern to the Emperor Nero that the punitive policies of the governor, Suetonius Paulinus, would lead to continued hostilities. Nero despatched his freedman, Polyclitus, to lead an enquiry. An excuse, that Suetonius had lost some ships, was found to relieve him of command and replace him with Publius Petronius Turpilianus. Catus Decianus was the procurator of Roman Britain in 61 AD. Tacitus blames his rapacity in part for provoking the rebellion of Boudicca. ... Gallia (in English Gaul) is the Latin name for the region of western Europe occupied by present-day France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine river. ... Boudicca (also written Boudica, Boadicea, Buduica, Bonduca), was a Celtic female chieftain who led the Iceni and a number of other Celtic tribes, including the neighbouring Trinovantes, in a major uprising against the occupying Roman forces in Britain in AD 60 or 61 during the reign of the emperor Nero. ... Roman Emperor is the title historians use to refer to the ruler of the Roman Empire. ... This article deals with the Roman emperor Nero. ... This is a partial list of governors of Britain under the Roman Empire. ... Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, also spelled Paullinus, (flourished 1st century CE) was a Roman general. ... A freedman is a former slave who has been manumitted or emancipated. ... Publius Petronius Turpilianus was a Roman politician and general. ...


Classicianus died and was buried in London in 65. London was destroyed by Boudicca only two years before, so Classicianus must have overseen considerable reconstruction. His tombstone was erected by his wife Julia Pacata, daughter of Julius Indus, a nobleman of the Gaulish Treveri who became commander of the Ala Gallorum Indiana cavalry unit. It was re-used in the medieval wall of London, and, reconstructed, is now in the British Museum. Greater London and the Regions of England. ... For other uses, see number 65. ... The Treveri tribe of Gaul inhabited the lower valley of the Moselle, within the southern fringes of the vast Arduenna Silva (Ardennes Forest). ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... The main entrance to the British Museum The British Museum is one of the worlds greatest and most famous museums. ...


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Tomb of C. Julius Alpinus Classicianus (http://itsa.ucsf.edu/~snlrc/encyclopaedia_romana/britannia/boudica/classicianus.html)


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Boudica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2868 words)
In 60 or 61, while the current governor, Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, was leading a campaign against the island of Anglesey in north Wales, which was a refuge for British rebels and a stronghold of the druids, the Iceni conspired with their neighbours the Trinovantes, amongst others, to revolt.
Dio says that at the outset Boudica employed a form of divination, releasing a hare from the folds of her dress and interpreting the direction it ran, and invoked Andraste, a British goddess of victory.
Catus Decianus, who had fled to Gaul, was replaced by Gaius Julius Alpinus Classicianus.
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