List of governors of Britain
This is a list of the governors of the Roman province of Britain . Britain was an imperial province , whose governors had to have consular rank (that is, they had to have been consul before taking office). This rank was also conferred by a suffect consulate , so that some of the following people are not included in the list of Roman consuls even though they were consuls.
Attention: this list was reconstructed from inscriptions and mentions by historians and is therefore not complete; the given annual dates are also not necessarily exact.
- Aulus Plautius , 43-47
- Publius Ostorius Scapula , 47-51
- Aulus Didius Gallus , 52-57
- Quintus Veranius , 57-58
- Gaius Suetonius Paulinus , 58–61, suppressed the Boudiccas rebellion
- Publius Petronius Turpilianus , 61-63
- Marcus Trebellius Maximus, 63-69
- Marcus Vettius Bolanus, 69-71
- Quintus Petilius Cerialis , 71-74
- Sextus Iulius Frontinus , 74-78
- Gnaeus Iulius Agricola , 78–84, conquered southern Scotland
- Sallustius Lucullus, 89
- Aulus Vicirius Proculus , 93
- Publius Metilius Nepos, 96
- Titus Avidius Quietus , 97-101
- Lucius Neratius Marcellus , 101-103
- Marcus Appius Bradua, 115-118
- Quintus Pompeius Falco , 118-122
- Aulus Platorius Nepos , 122-125
- Lucius Trebius Germanus , 127
- Gnaeus Minicius Faustinus Sextus Iulius Severus , 130 / 131-133
- Publius Mummius Sisenna, 133-135
- Tiberius Claudius Quartinus, 136-138
- Quintus Lollius Urbicus , 138-144
- Gnaeus Papirius Aelianus Aemilius Tuscillus , circa 146
- Gnaeus Iulius Verus , circa 157–161
- Marcus Statius Priscus Licinius Italicus , 161-162
- Sextus Calpurnius Agricola , 163-166
- Quintus Antistius Adventus, 173-176
- Caerellius Priscus, around 178
- Marcus Antius Crescens Calpurnianus, between 182/203
- Ulpius Marcellus, circa 184
- Publius Helvius Pertinax , 185–187, later Roman Emperor
- Decimus Clodius Albinus , 191-197
- Virius Lupus, 197-202
- Gaius Valerius Pudens , 202-205
- Lucius Alfenus Senecio, 205–?
The province of Britain was 212/3 in the two provinces superior Britannia and Britannia Inferior divided