id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-2154 Clodius Albinus - Wikipedia .html text/html 1656 197 61 Pescennius Niger was proclaimed Emperor by the legions in Syria; Septimius Severus by the troops in Illyricum and Pannonia; and Albinus by the armies in Britain and Gaul. Albinus remained effective ruler of much of the western part of the Empire, with support from three British legions and one Spanish.[7] When Didius Julianus was put to death by order of the Senate, who dreaded the power of Septimius Severus, the latter turned his arms against Pescennius Niger. Now with nothing to lose, Albinus mobilized his legions in Britannia, proclaimed himself Emperor (Imperator Caesar Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Augustus) and crossed from Britain to Gaul, bringing a large part of the British garrison with him.[8] He defeated Severus' legate Virius Lupus, and was able to lay claim to the military resources of Gaul, but although he made Lugdunum the headquarters of his forces, he was unable to win the allegiance of the Rhine legions.[1] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2154.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2154.txt