Editing Clodius Albinus (section)

{{Short description|Roman imperial pretender (c. 150 – 197 CE)}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Clodius Albinus
| image        = Bust of Clodius Albinus - Palazzo Nuovo - Musei Capitolini - Rome 2016 (3).jpg
| image_size   = 250
| alt          = White statue of bearded man in military attire
| caption      = Bust in the [[Capitoline Museums]], [[Rome]]
| birth_name   = 
| birth_date   = {{c.}} 150
| birth_place  = Hadrumetum, Roman Africa (Sousse, Tunisia) 
| death_date   = 19 February 197
| death_place  = [[Lugdunum]]
| burial_date  = 
| burial_place = 
| issue        = 
| full name    = {{bulleted list|Decimus Clodius Albinus (before 193)|Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus<ref name="OCD"/><ref>[[Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft|''RE'']] [[s:de:RE:Clodius 17|Clodius 17]]</ref>}}
| regnal name  = Imperator Caesar Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Augustus
}}

'''Decimus Clodius Albinus''' ({{c.}} 150 – 19 February 197) was a Roman imperial pretender between 193 and 197. He was proclaimed [[Roman emperor|emperor]] by the legions in [[Roman Britain|Britain]] and [[Hispania]] after the murder of [[Pertinax]] in 193 (known as the "[[Year of the Five Emperors]]"). Initially Albinus cooperated with another contender for the throne, [[Septimius Severus]], but the two turned on each other in 196 and commenced a civil war. Albinus died in battle the following year.<ref name="OCD">{{Citation | last = Birley | first = Anthony R. | author-link = Anthony Birley | contribution = Clodius Septimius Albinus, Decimus | editor-last = Hornblower | editor-first = Simon | title = [[Oxford Classical Dictionary]] | publisher = [[Oxford University Press]] | place = Oxford | year = 1996 }}</ref>