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Lucius Alfenus SenecioLucius 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 the last governor of all Roman Britain prior to its division into multiple provinces 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 emperor Septimius Severus, perhaps to undertake punishment raids in Scotland or for a military expedition led by the emperor himself. Septimius Severus arrived in 208 to lead new campaigns. When Severus arrived in Britain he charged his youngest son, Publius Septimius Geta with the task of administering some aspects of Roman Britain although as viceroy rather than as a formal governor. When Severus died at York in 211, his eldest son, Caracalla 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.
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