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  Roman Emperors - DIR Clodius Albinus
Albinus was unable to expand his control eastward despite achieving a victory against the governor of Lower Germany.
Clodius Albinus had the breeding and upbringing to have been a popular emperor among the senatorial aristocracy, but he lacked the cunning and daring of his erstwhile ally and eventual rival Severus.
Albinus would never be included among the canonical list of emperors, and his defeat finally ended the period of instability and civil war that originated with the death of Commodus.
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 Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus (died 43 BC) was a Roman politician and general of the 1st century BC and one of Julius Caesar's assassins.
Decimus Brutus was a distant cousin of Julius Caesar, though he is also believed to have possibly been his son.
In 43 BC Decimus Brutus occupied Mutina, laying in provisions for a protracted siege.
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Albinus came from an aristocratic provincial family in North Africa and held the governorship of Britain by AD When Pertinax was assassinated, the praetorian prefect Aemilius Laetus and his men who had arranged the murder put the throne up for sale.
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.
Another Clodius Albinus was procurator in the Roman province of Judea in AD 62, immediately after the death of James the Just.
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 Clodius Albinus
Decimus Clodius Albinus was born on 25 November 147.
Clodius Albinus now could become consul, maybe in 185 or 186, after which he seems to have been governor of Germania Inferior, a province with two legions.
In January 197, the Clodius Albinus clashed with Severus in a battle in the Saône valley.
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Albinus seems to have been a aristocratic Roman, well at ease with the senate, who liked writing erotic stories, and was known to be a bit of a womanizer.
Albinus was trying to strike a decisive blow to the German forces and force them to change sides.
Albinus' headless body was thrown into the Rhine, together with the corpses of his murdered family.
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The name albinus means "white", while one of his competitors for the purple was Pescennius Niger, whose niger name means "fl".
Albinus came from an aristocratic provincial family in North Africa and held the governorship of Britain by 192.
Another Clodius Albinus was procurator in the Roman province of Iudaea in 62, immediately after the death of James the Just.
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Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus oder kurz Clodius Albinus (* um 150, 197 in Lugdunum) war einer der Kaiser des römischen Fünfkaiserjahres 193.
Albinus verdiente sich erste Lorbeeren unter Kaiser Commodus als Kommandant eines Feldzuges in Dakien.
Nach dem Mord an Pertinax wurde Clodius Albinus von den römischen Legionen in Britannien und Spanien zum römischen Kaiser proklamiert.
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 Wikipedia: Clodius
Clodius is the Roman nomen Claudius altered to a spelling that would have sounded plebeian to Roman ears.
The original alteration was a political maneuver by P. Clodius Pulcher.
Publius Clodius Quirinalis, from Arelate in Gaul, teacher of rhetoric in time of Nero
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 DECIMUS CLODIUS ALBINUS
Decimus Clodius Albinus, governor of Britain, also in April, held three legions and numerous auxiliary forces.
"Albinus excelled in family and education, but his adversary was superior in warfare and was a skilfull commander.
LXXV.vi.2 (196) - Aemilianus, a relative of Albinus on the staff of Niger in Syria.
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 Romans in Britain -The Roman civil war
By the end of 192, Britain had a new governor, Decimus Clodius Albinus, who had been brought in from the North Africa province.
In Britain Clodius Albinus was proclaimed as the leader.
Albinus had gained the support of one legion from Spain, the VII Gemina and the unit stationed at Lyons.
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 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 93 (v. 1)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A false rumour having been spread that Commodus had died, Albinus harangued the army in Britain on the occasion, attacking Commodus as a tyrant, and maintaining that it would be useful to the Roman empire to restore to the senate its ancient dignity and power.
At this time Albinus must have been a very distinguished man, which we may conclude from the fact, that some time before Commodus had offered him the title of Caesar, which he wisely declined.
Albinus seeing the danger of his position, which he had increased by his indolence, prepared for resistance.
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Clodia, the sister of Clodius Pulcher and wife of Q. Caecilius Metellus Celer is thought to have been the woman Catullus immortalized in his poetry about Lesbia.
Clodius Albinus had the breeding and upbringing to have been a popular emperor among the senatorial aristocracy, but he lacked the cunning and...
Albinus came from an aristocratic provincial family in North Africa and held the governorship of Britain by AD 192.
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Albinus was from a wealthy background and made a name for himself in Germany, under the command of Commodus, and in Dacia, before assuming his first post in Britain.
His legions clamored for Albinus to take the title, while the Senate approved of his connections to Rome.
In 196, at the head of an army, Albinus crossed into Gaul to rally the support of the German legions.
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 Clodius Albinus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Albinus ho nejspíš podporoval, protože Dudkova matka pocházela z jeho rodného města.
Albinus se však těšil velké přízni senátorských kruhů a mezi jeho přívržence patřil i Lucius Novius Rufus, správce Tarrakonské Hispánie.
Albinus se vzhledem k této podpoře přeplavil přes Lamanšský kanál v čele armády legionářů a pomocných jednotek, po jejichž odchodu zůstal Hadriánův val zcela nechráněný před nebezpečím ze severu.
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 Pescennius Niger
The only undecided legions were those of Germania Inferior, once Clodius Albinus' province, and Germania Superior (XXX Ulpia Victrix at Xanten, I Minervia at Bonn, XXII Primigenia at Mainz, VIII Augusta at Strasbourg), Hispania (VII Gemina), and Numidia (III Augusta).
Clodius Albinus understood that, with three legions, he was no match for Severus, and accepted a position as caesar, intended successor.
After he had gained some successes in Mesopotamia, he returned to Rome, defeated Clodius Albinus in Gaul, went to Mesopotamia again and sacked the Parthian capital Ctesiphon.
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 1.2.2.2.7 Civil War of 193 - 197
Niger of Syria, Albinus of Britain, and Severus of Pannonia all responded and civil war ensued until Severus emerged victorious in 197.
Albinus became Caesar while Severus dealt with Julianus and Niger.
Severus then determined to be absolute master; Albinus was declared a public enemy, and was acclaimed by his legions.
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The name Albinus means "white", while one of his competitors for the purple was P...
Historians of an earlier age were content to label Severus a puppet of Ricimer,...
The name "Niger" means "fl," contrasting him with one of his rivals for the throne, Albinus, whose name means "white." Niger was a governor of Syria who was proclaimed emperor by the eastern legions after the murder of Pertinax and the auctioning off of the im...
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Albinus, a North African like Severus, was governor of Britain on the murder of Pertinax, and as he was ambitious he decided to make a bid for power himself.
Albinus therefore was alarmed when he learned that Severus had proclaimed his son Caracalla as the new Caesar in place of Albinus.
In the battle Severus was entirely victorious and Albinus was killed.
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 Clodius
Caius Clodius Vestalis[?], possible builder of Via Clodia[?]
Lucius Clodius Macer[?], legatus[?] who revolted against Nero
Chlodion the Longhair, a chieftain of the Salian Franks[?], is sometime called "Clodius I".
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Clodius Albinus was born at Hadrumetum in Africa.
In 195 when he Italy and the East were under his control, Severus had Albinus declared a public enemy.
Albinus, having been saluted as Augustus by his troops, set out to fight Severus, but after some initial successes he was battle fought on February 19th, 197 AD near Lugdunum (Lyons).
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 Clodius Albinus | THG Lexikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus oder kurz Clodius Albinus (* vermutlich um 150; † 19.
Clodius Albinus wurde in Nordafrika geboren, vermutlich um die Mitte des 2.
Albinus kam ebenfalls als Kandidat für die Kaiserwürde in Betracht.
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 Decimus Clodius Albinus
Born in North Africa, Albinus was born into a wealthy, senatorial family and received an aristocratic education.[[1]] He seems to have been younger than Severus, so his birth should probably be placed ca.
AD 150.[[2]] As a "blue blood," Albinus may have enjoyed a preeminence among senators of his generation and so may have more quickly passed through the various stages of a senatorial career.
Severus was able to get the senate to declare Albinus and his supporters public enemies, but senators had little enthusiasm for renewed civil war.[[6]] The Roman populace was publicly critical of the split between the emperor and his erstwhile Caesar.
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Roman Emperors - DIR Clodius Albinus Governor of Britain at the death of the emperor Pertinax, Decimus Clodius Albinus attempted to seize the throne but ended up as Caesar in alliance with Clodius P. Clodius Pulcher is one of the most colorful characters from the annals of Rome's history.
Clodius Albinus The Historia Augusta also states that Clodius Albinus was a member of a very noble According to the Historia Augusta, Clodius Albinus received some Historical Fiction Featuring Publius Clodius Pulcher Historical Fiction of the late Roman Republican Period must generally deal with the wak left by Publius Clodius Pulcher of Bona Dea fame.
Despite the scandal, Clodius would later 4 According to the Historia Augusta, Clodius Albinus was a member of a very noble In 57 B.C.; one of the late Roman Republican Period must generally deal with In 57 immediately after the death of the emperor Pertinax, Decimus Clodius Albinus familia nobili, Hadrumetinus tamen ex Africa
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Pescennius Niger, governor of Syria, Clodius Albinus, governor of Britain and Septimius Severus, governor of Upper Pannonia, were all acclaimed and supported by their respective legions.
Decimus Clodius Septimus Albinus was a native of North Africa.
Clodius was eventually declared an enemy of the state and was defeated in battle at Lugdunum in Gaul on 19th February A.D. 196 by Septimus Severus.
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 The Roman Principate: The Civil War & the Severan Dynasty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
He temporarily pacified his rival in Britain, Decimus Clodius Albinus, by naming him Caesar (junior emperor - a hint towards the development of the Dominate).
Albinus committed suicide following his crushing defeat near Lugdunum (now Lyon, France) in February 197.
To justify his usurpation, he declared himself the adoptive son of the emperor Marcus Aurelius (ruled 161-180) and claimed descent from the emperor Nerva (ruled 96-98).
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 imperium-romanum.com - Personen - Gegenkaiser - Clodius Albinus
Decimus Clodius Albinus wurde um 140 als Spross einer angesehenen und reichen Familie in Hadrumentum (Sousse) geboren.
Als sich Avidius Cassius 175 im Osten zum Kaiser ausrufen liess, blieb Clodius Albinus als Statthalter von Bithynien einer der wenigen, die ihm die Gefolgschaft verweigerten.
Als sich Didius Iulianus den kaiserlichen Purpur "erkauft" hatte, könnte Albinus auf dessen Seite gestanden haben, da beide aus der gleichen Heimatstadt kamen und sich vielleicht auch kannten.
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 imperium-romanum.com - Personen - Gegenkaiser - Clodius Albinus
Seine Wahl fiel auf Clodius Albinus, der 194 zum Caesar designiert, in absentia (in Abwesenheit) ein zweites Mal Konsul und sogar adoptiert wurde.
Für Clodius Albinus war in den Überlegungen kein Platz mehr.
Albinus konnte auf eine erkleckliche Anhängerschaft unter den Senatoren in Rom zählen.
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Geboren wurde Clodius Albinus bei Hadrumetum in Afrika, er war jedoch entgegen seiner Herkunft weiß (Albinus).
Daraufhin ließ Septimius Severus Clodius Albinus zum Volkfeind erklären, sprach ihm den Rang des Caesaren wieder ab und übertrug diesen seinem Sohn Antonius (Caracalla).
Nach anfänglichen Siegen des Clodius Albinus wurde dieser in der entscheidenden Schlacht 197 n.
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 Coins of the Roman Emperor Clodius Albinus (195-197 AD)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
While supportive of Pertinax when he was raised to the purple, he opposed Didius Julianus upon his succession.
Albinus accepted the rank of Caesar under Septimius Severus after Julianus was deposed in April 193 AD.
Albinus committed suicide on 19 February 197 AD.
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