Britannia Superior

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Britannia Superior

Britannia Superior was one of the provinces of Roman Britain

Roman Britain

Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between AD 43 and 410. The Romans referred to their province as Britannia....
created around 197 AD by the Roman Emperor Septimus Severus immediately after winning a civil war against Clodius Albinus

Clodius Albinus

Decimus Clodius Septimius Al?binus was a Roman usurper proclaimed Roman Emperor by the legions in Roman Britain and Hispania upon the murder of Pertinax....
. They fought the war to determine who was the next emperor of Rome. Albinus was the governor of Britannia during that civil war. Severus divided the already existing Britain province into two parts, the other being Britannia Inferior

Britannia Inferior

Britannia Inferior was a subdivision of the Roman Empire province of Britannia established c.214 by the emperor Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus....
to the north with a capital at Eburacum, or modern York

York

York is a walled city, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire and River Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city status in the United Kingdom is noted for its rich heritage and it has played an important role throughout much of its almost 2,000 year existence....
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Britannia Superior was one of the provinces of Roman Britain

Roman Britain

Clodius Albinus

Britannia Inferior

York

Londinium

London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
. Epigraphic

Epigraphy

Epigraphy is the study of wikt:inscriptions or wikt:epigraphs engraved into stone or other durable materials, or cast in metal, the science of classifying them as to cultural context and date, elucidating them and assessing what conclusions can be deduced from them....
evidence has shed some light on the extent of Upper Britain and it encompassed all of what is now southern England

England

Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
and East Anglia

East Anglia

East Anglia is a region of eastern England. It was named after one of the ancient Heptarchy, the Kingdom of the East Angles, which was in turn named after the homeland of the Angles, Angeln, in northern Germany....
. However, an official boundary between Britannia Superior and Inferior is still unclear. Most information that is gathered for this region during this time period from about the 2nd Century AD to the 3rd Century AD is from inscriptions left upon pots, walls, and letters written by the citizens and soldiers.

See External Links for a map of the region.

Approximately a century later, around 293 AD, the province was divided into Britannia Prima

Britannia Prima

Britannia Prima was one of the provinces of Roman Britain in existence by c. 312 AD. It was probably created as part of the administrative reforms of the Roman Emperor Diocletian after the defeat of the usurper Allectus by Constantius Chlorus in 296 AD....
(with a capital at Cirencester

Cirencester

Cirencester is a market town in Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in Cotswold ....
) in the west and Maxima Caesariensis

Maxima Caesariensis

Maxima Caesariensis was the name of one of the four provinces of later Roman Britain . Its capital was Londinium and probably encompassed what is now south east England....
(with a capital at London

London

Diocletian

Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus , born Diocles and commonly known as Diocletian , was Roman Emperor from November 20, 284 to May 1, 305....
to make administrative responsibilities over the region more efficient.

Londinium

During the civil war between Severus and Albinus, Albinus ordered the construction of a defending wall to go around Londinium

Londinium

This article covers the history of London during the Roman Britain from around 47 AD when the Roman city of Londinium was founded, to its abandonment during the 5th century....
. These walls were approximately high. Though the whole of the time that Britannia Superior existed Londinium was its center for commerce and government, with the governor residing within the city.

The Governors

The Governors of Upper Britain were generally of consul

Consul

Consul was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Roman Empire. The title was also used in other city states, and revived in modern states, notably French Republic before the Napoleon I of Franceic counter-revolution....
ar rank. And they were the following;

Tiberius Julius Pollienus Auspex
Tiberius Julius Pollienus Auspex

Tiberius Julius Pollienus Auspex was a governor of Britannia Superior, a province of Roman Britain possibly between AD 223 and 226.He may also have been the same man who was governor of Numidia c. 217 to 220....
, 223-226
Caius Junius Faustinus Postumianus
Caius Junius Faustinus Postumianus

Gaius Iunius Faustinus Postumianus was a governor of Britannia Superior, a province of Roman Britain probably some time between 222 and 235.He served as a staff officer under Septimius Severus during the emperor's campaigns in Britain c....
, sometime between 227-235
Rufinus
Rufinus

Rufinus may refer to:*Saints Rufinus, eleven saints named Rufinus in Roman Martyrology*Rufinus of Assisi, 3rd century saint and martyr*Rufinus , Christian martyr...
(not his complete name), ?, not sure who this man actually was. Could have been one of a few men.
Marcus Martiannius Pulcher
Marcus Martiannius Pulcher

Marcus Martiannius Pulcher was a governor of Britannia Superior, a province of Roman Britain probably some time during the third century AD.The only evidence of his work is an inscription which was found in 1975, re-used as part of the fourth century riverside defences in London....
, ?,speculated that through peacetimes in the city he undertook restoration projects around the city.
Titus Desticius Juba
Titus Desticius Juba

Titus Desticius Juba was a Roman Empire governor of Roman Britain during the 250s.He had served in Ancient Rome as consul and some time later was posted to Britannia Superior....
, 250's

However, not a lot is known about each governor as individuals, or if even this is the entire list of governors for the province from the time of its creation to its dissolution.

External links

Map of both Britannia Superior and Inferior compared to what they became as the Four Provinces of Britannia