Clodius Albinus

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Roman general Roman senator Roman usurper historical figure

Clodius Albinus was a Roman general and usurper who briefly claimed the imperial title during the turbulent civil conflicts of the late 2nd century AD.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman general ⓘ Roman senator ⓘ Roman usurper ⓘ historical figure ⓘ
adoptedName	Septimius NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate	c. 150 ⓘ
birthPlace	Africa Proconsularis NERFINISHED ⓘ Hadrumetum NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath	killed after defeat in battle ⓘ
claimedTitle	Augustus NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman emperor ⓘ
cognomen	Albinus NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictWith	Pescennius Niger NERFINISHED ⓘ Septimius Severus NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Roman Empire ⓘ
dateOfEvent	Battle of Lugdunum, 19 February 197 NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathDate	19 February 197 ⓘ
deathPlace	Gaul NERFINISHED ⓘ Lugdunum NERFINISHED ⓘ
defeatedAt	Battle of Lugdunum NERFINISHED ⓘ
dynastyContext	Severan period NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	late 2nd century AD ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Roman African ⓘ
familyName	Clodius NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName	Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	Decimus NERFINISHED ⓘ
initiallyAlliedWith	Septimius Severus NERFINISHED ⓘ
laterOpposed	Septimius Severus NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn	Cassius Dio’s Roman History NERFINISHED ⓘ Historia Augusta NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch	Roman army ⓘ
militaryRank	general ⓘ
nomen	Clodius NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	governorship of Roman Britain ⓘ usurpation against Septimius Severus ⓘ
opponentInBattle	Septimius Severus at Lugdunum NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedDynasty	Severan dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
outcome	defeat and death at Lugdunum ⓘ
participatedIn	Roman civil wars of 193–197 NERFINISHED ⓘ Year of the Five Emperors NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	governor of Britannia ⓘ legatus Augusti pro praetore of Britannia ⓘ
praenomen	Decimus NERFINISHED ⓘ
reasonForAdoptedName	association with Septimius Severus ⓘ
regionOfCommand	Britannia NERFINISHED ⓘ Gaul NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeInOffice	governor of Britannia, c. 191–195 ⓘ
wasProclaimedBy	his troops in Britain ⓘ