Marius Valerianus
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... Marius Valerianus was a governor of Britannia Inferior
, a province of Roman Britain
probably some time between 221 and 222/223. Little else is known of him from the inscriptions he left at Chesters, Netherby and South Shields
. His rule therefore overlapped with the accession of Severus Alexander in March 222.
Britannia Inferior
Britannia Inferior was a subdivision of the Roman province of Britannia established c. 214 by the emperor Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus. Located in modern northern England, the region was governed from the city of Eboracum by a praetorian legate in command of a single legion stationed in...
, a province of Roman Britain
Roman Britain
Roman Britain was the part of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire from AD 43 until ca. AD 410.The Romans referred to the imperial province as Britannia, which eventually comprised all of the island of Great Britain south of the fluid frontier with Caledonia...
probably some time between 221 and 222/223. Little else is known of him from the inscriptions he left at Chesters, Netherby and South Shields
South Shields
South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne to Tyne Dock, and about downstream from Newcastle upon Tyne...
. His rule therefore overlapped with the accession of Severus Alexander in March 222.