Lucius Alfenus Senecio
Lucius Alfenus Senecio was a Roman figure of the late second and early third centuries AD.
He served as consul and as governor of Syria in 200. Between c. 205 and 207, he was governor of Roman Britain.
He restored many of the installations at Hadrian's Wall following the uprisings of earlier years and a Victory dedication mentions his name. Dio Cassius also writes of victories in Britain in 206 and it is therefore likely that he finished the re-occupation of the province and its frontiers. Troubles from the tribes immediately north of the wall however, the Maeatae and the Caledonian Confederacy appear to have continued however.
Herodian records that he requested re-inforcements from the emperor (Septimius Severus), perhaps to undertake punishment raids in Scotland or for a military expedition led by the emperor himself. Septimius arrived in 208 to lead new campaigns.
No governors of all Britain are recorded after Senecio. When Severus arrived in Britain he charged his youngest son, Publius Septimius Geta with the task of administering Roman Britain although as viceroy rather than as a formal governor.
When Severus died at York in 211, his eldest son, Caracella tried to claim the throne. As part of his efforts to settle matters in Britain before leaving to press his claim, he may have divided the province into Britannia Inferior in the south and Britannia Superior in the north, each with its own governor. Alternatively the division may have been decreed by Severus sometime previously.
| Preceded by Gaius Valerius Pudens |
Roman governors of Britain | Succeeded by Division of Britain |