Lucius Septimius
Lucius Septimius ( cognomen unknown; † 281?) Is a vaguely prominent Roman official who could have served as praes of the province of Britannia superior between the years 274 (end of the Imperium Galliarum ) and 286 (usurpation of Carausius ) . The name is mentioned on an inscription discovered in Corinium Dobunnorum in 1891 .
The ancient historian Gerald Kreucher considered the possibility that Septimius might be equated with an anonymous usurper who rose up against Emperor Probus in Britain in 280 or 281 , but this must remain speculation. According to a report from Zosimos , on the advice of a Victorinus , who is possibly identical with the consul of the year 282 , the rebel was first raised to the rank of governor and then removed by him by trickery. The research suspects the military threat to the British coasts from pirates and, above all, a breach of Hadrian's Wall in the north as the background to the survey .
In the Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire , Septimius is dated to the reign of Julian (361–363).
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literature
- Robin G. Collingwood , Richard P. Wright: The Roman Inscriptions of Britain (RIB). Clarendon Press, Oxford 1965. ( online here )
- Arnold Hugh Martin Jones , John Robert Martindale, John Morris : Septimius 3. In: The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire (PLRE). Volume 1, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1971, ISBN 0-521-07233-6 , p. 822.
- Gerald Kreucher: The emperor Marcus Aurelius Probus and his time (= Historia individual writings. Vol. 174). Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-515-08382-0 , p. 164 f. and 203 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Septimius, Lucius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman governor in Britain and possible usurper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century or 4th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | uncertain: 281 or after 363 |