List of Roman governors of Britain
This is a
List of governors of the
Roman province of
Roman Britain. Britain was a consular province, which means its governors need to be appointed consul before they could govern it. While this rank could be obtained either as a suffect or ordinares, a number of governors were consul ordinares, and also appear in the
List of Early Imperial Roman Consuls. (
Note: because this list has been reconstructed from inscriptions and mentions from historians, this list is incomplete and almost all dates are approximate.)
- Aulus Plautius, 43-47
- Publius Ostorius Scapula, 47-52
- Aulus Didius Gallus, 52-57
- Quintus Veranius, 57-58
- Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, 58-61
- Publius Petronius Turpilianus, 61-63
- Marcus Trebellius Maximus, 63-69
- Marcus Vettius Bolanus, 69-71
- Quintus Petillius Cerialis, 71-74, subdued the Boudicca rebellion
- Sextus Julius Frontinus, 74-78, also a military writer
- Gnaeus Julius Agricola, 78-84, conqueror of Southern Scotland
- Sallustius Lucullus, 89 or 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
- Sextus Julius Severus, 131-133
- Publius Mummius Sisenna, 133-135
- Tiberius Claudius Quartinus, 136-138
- Quintus Lollius Urbicus, 138-144
- Gnaeus Papirius Aelianus, circa 146
- Gnaeus Julius Verus, circa 158
- Marcus Statius Priscus, 161-162
- Sextus Calpurnius Agricola, 163-166
- Quintus Antistius Adventus, 173-176
- Carellius, circa 178
- Marcus Atitius Crescens Calpurnianus, circa 182
- Ulpius Marcellus, circa 184
- Publius Helvius Pertinax, 185-187, later Roman Emperor
- Decimus Clodius Albinus, 191-197, Imperial usurper
- Virius Lupus, 197-202
- Marcus Antius Crescens Calpurnianus, ?202
- Gaius Valerius Pudens, 202-205
- Lucius Alfenus Senecio, 205-?
In the third century, Britain is divided into two separate provinces:
Britannia Superior and
Britannia Inferior