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[[Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus]] (150 – 197 CE) ruled between 193 and 197 CE in the Western part of the Roman Empire.
====Overview====
[[Clodius Albinus]], from a prominent African family, was proclaimed emperor in 193 CE by the legions under his command in [[Britannia]] and [[Hispania]], who refused to acknowledge [[Didius Julianus]]. He was defeated and executed in the aftermath of the battle of [[Lugdunum]] by [[Septimius Severus]], by then sole Emperor. 
====Early Career====
[[Clodius Albinus]] was born in 150 CE at [[Hadrumetum]] in [[Africa]]. He began his [[cursus honorum]] in the army, and served in the East in 175 CE, helping in the quelling of the rebellion of [[Avidius Cassius]], convincing the legions stationed in [[Bithynia]] not to pass to the usurper. [[Commodus]] appointed him governor of [[Gallia Belgica]], and in 191 CE, he was appointed governor of [[Britannia]].
====Imperial Succession====
At the accession to the Imperial purple of [[Didius Julianus] in 193 CE, [[Clodius Albinus]] was acclaimed emperor by the three legions stationed in [[Britannia]], and by the one stationed in [[Hispania]], making him the undisputed master of the western part of the Roman Empire. Meanwhile, the legions of [[Pannonia]] had proclaimed Emperor [[Septimius Severus]], and those of [[Syria]], [[Pescennius Niger]]. [[Septimius Severus]] marched to Rome and had [[Didius Julianus]] deposed and executed. [[Clodius Albinus]] allied himself to [[Septimius Severus]], and in 194 CE, he shared together a consulship, accepting the title of Caesar. From 194 till 196 CE, [[Septimius Severus]] was in the East, defeating [[Pescennius Niger]] and his allies. In 196, once he understood that he would have been the next target of [[Septimius Severus]], [[Clodius Albinus]] proclaimed himself Emperor as Imperator Caesar [[Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus]] Augustus, and crossed from [[Britain]] to [[Gaul]]. He was successful in defeating [[Virius Lupus]], the legate of [[Septimius Severus]], however he was unable to purchase the allegiance of the legions stationed on the [[Rhine]]. At the beginning of 197 CE, [[Clodius Albinus]] was defeated by [[Septimius Severus]] at the battle of [[Lugdunum]]. In the aftermath of the battle, he was captured and executed together with members of his family by the victorious [[Septimius Severus]].
== [[Clodius Albinus]] in ancient sources==
== [[Clodius Albinus]] in Scholarship==
== [[Clodius Albinus]] in Fiction==
==Related categories==
*[[Roman Emperors]] / [[Clodius Albinus]]
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/  Clodius Albinus Wikipedia]


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