This list derives from those in D C A Shotter The Roman frontier in Britain (Preston: Carnegie, 1996), G B D Jones & D Mattingly An atlas of Roman Britain (Oxford: Blackwell, 1990) and S S Frere Britannia (3rd edition, London: Routledge, 1987)
Aulus Plautius |
43 - 47 |
P Ostorius Scapula |
47 - 52 |
A Didius Gallus |
52 - 57 |
Q Veranius |
57
- 58 |
C Suetonius Paullinus |
58
- 61 |
P Petronius Turpilianus |
61
- 63 |
M Trebellius Maximus |
63
- 69 |
M Vettius Bolanus |
69
- 71 |
Q Petillius Cerialis |
71
- 73 |
Sex Iulius Frontinus |
73
- 77 |
Cn
Iulius Agricola |
77 - 84 |
Sallustius Lucullus |
84?
- 89 |
? |
89 -? |
P Metilius Nepos |
?×96
- 97×8 |
T Auidius Quietus |
97×8
- 101 |
Neratius
Marcellus |
101 - 103×? |
?
<probably three or more governors whose names are not known> |
103×? -115 |
M Atilius Bradua |
115
- 118 |
Q Pompeius Falco |
118
- 122 |
A Platorius Nepos |
122
- 125 |
? <one or two governors> |
125 - 130 |
Sex Iulius Seuerus |
131
- 134 |
P Mummius Sisenna |
134 - 138 |
Q Lollius Vrbicus |
138
- 145 |
Cn Papirius Aelianus |
145
- ? |
? <two or more governors> |
? -155 |
Cn Iulius Verus |
155
- 158 |
…..anus |
158
- 161 |
M Statius Priscus Licinius Italicus |
161
- 163 |
Sex Calpurnius Agricola |
163
- 166 |
? <three or more governors> |
166 - 175 |
Q
Antistius Aduentus |
175 - 178 |
Caerellius |
178
- 180 |
L Vlpius Marcellus I |
180
- 185 |
P Heluius Pertinax [Roman Emperor] |
185
- 187 |
? <one or more governors> |
187 - 191 |
D Clodius Albinus [Roman Emperor] |
191
- 196 |
Virius Lupus |
197
- 202 |
[M
Antius Crescens Calpurnianus acting governor]
|
202 - 202×3 |
C
Valerius Pudens |
202×3 - 205 |
L
Alfenus Senecio |
205 - 207 |
P Septimius Geta [Roman Emperor] |
207
- 211 |
Vlpius
Marcellus II |
211 - 213 |
In 211, Britannia was subdivided into two provinces: Britannia Superior, based at London, and Britannia Inferior, based at York. The names and dates of the governors of Superior are not known in any detail, and the names of only the first seven governors of Inferior are known with certainty.
C Iulius Marcus | 213 - 214×6 |
M Antoninus Gordianus Sempronianus [Roman Emperor] | 214×6 - 216×9 |
Modius Iulius | 216×9 - 219×21 |
Ti Claudius Paulinus | 219×21 - 221 |
Marius Valerianus | 221 - 223 |
Claudius Xenophon | 223 - 223×5 |
Maximus | 223×5 - 225×? |