Governors of the Province Upper Illyricum 42 - 68 AD

Abstract

Rebellion of Scribonian from 42. AD represents a key milestone in the history of the province of Upper Illyricum/Dalmatia. After the failed attempt to designate the Republic due to lack of interest of the soldiers to engage in such an adventure, emperor Claudius sent in province a a special envoy Lucius Salvias Otho. After him province was ruled by folloving governors with title legatus augusti propraetore: Lucius Calpurnius Piso, Caius Ummidius Durmius Quadratus, Publius Anteius Rufus, Caius Calpetanus Rantius Sedatus Metronius, Aulus Ducenius Geminus, Marcus Pompeius Silvanus. Judging by the official epigraphical monuments, the official name of the province in this period was still Upper Illyricum. The situation in the Province itself was quite stable and the experience of the Great Illyrian revolt has already faded. Lasting peace and stable Roman administration which respects local needs and autonomy contributed that indigenous populations accept Roman state. One could even say that in this era of Claudius and Nero was completed the process of accepting Roman rule by the illyrian peregrines as their own. This was confirmed with the “Year of Four Emperors” 68/69. AD, when the province and its soldiers and citizens make a decisive contribution to victory of Vespasian fraction.