Appendix 2

Governors of Britannia: AD 43–97

Britannia was a consular province, so its governors had first to serve as a consul in Rome before they could be governor.

Claudian governors

Aulus Plautius (43–47)

Publius Ostorius Scapula (47–52)

Aulus Didius Gallus (52–57)

Quintus Veranius (57)

Gaius Suetonius Paulinus (58–62)

Publius Petronius Turpilianus (62–63)

Marcus Trebellius Maximus (63–69)

Flavian governors

Marcus Vettius Bolanus (69–71)

Quintus Petillius Cerialis (71–74)

Sextus Julius Frontinus (74–78), also a military writer

Gnaeus Julius Agricola (78–84), conqueror of Caledonia

Sallustius Lucullus (c. 84–c. 89)

Aulus Vicirius Proculus (fl. 93)

Publius Metilius Nepos (c. 96–c. 97)