Claudius Apellinus was a
governor
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of
Britannia Inferior
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, a province of
Roman Britain
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Julius Caes ...
during the reign of
Severus Alexander
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(AD 222 and 235). It is unclear whether his governorship precedes or succeeds those of
Calvisius Rufus and
Valerius Crescens Fulvianus. Apellinus is known through an inscription marking the repair of a
ballistarium at
Bremenium
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, today High
Rochester, Northumberland
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.
Edmund Groag
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From 1892 he studied history and philology at the University of Vienna, receiving his doctorate in 18 ...
first suggested that this official was related to the Claudii Apellini of
Perge
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in
Pamphylia
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.
Anthony Birley
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notes that it is curious that Apellinus is known as ''leg. Augg. pr. pr.'', and speculates whether ''Aug.'' was amended to ''Augg.'' (the plural form) to indicate that Apellinus had become the legate of Maximinus and his son Maximus.
[Birley, ''The Fasti'', pp. 195f]
References
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Roman governors of Britain
Ancient Romans in Britain
3rd-century Romans
Claudii