Editing Clodius Albinus (section)

===Career under Marcus Aurelius and Commodus===
Showing a disposition for military life, he entered the army when very young and served with distinction, especially in 175 during the rebellion of [[Avidius Cassius]] against Emperor [[Marcus Aurelius]]. His merit was acknowledged by the Emperor in two letters in which he calls Albinus an African, who resembled his countrymen but little, and who was praiseworthy for his military experience and the gravity of his character.<ref name="cap"/> The Emperor likewise declared that without Albinus the legions (in [[Bithynia]]) would have gone over to [[Avidius Cassius]], and that he intended to have him chosen [[Roman consul|consul]].<ref name="DGRBM">{{Citation | last = Plate | first = William | contribution = Albinus, Clodius | editor-last = Smith | editor-first = William | title = [[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]] | volume = 1 | pages = 93–94 | publisher = [[Little, Brown and Company]] | place = Boston | year = 1867 | contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0102.html | access-date = 2008-06-17 | archive-date = 2012-10-10 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121010102429/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0102.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>

The Emperor [[Commodus]] gave Albinus a command in [[Gallia Belgica]] and afterwards in [[Roman Britain|Britain]]. A false rumor having been spread that Commodus had died, Albinus denounced the man before his soldiers in Britain, calling Commodus a tyrant, and maintaining that it would be useful to the [[Roman Empire]] to restore to the [[Roman Senate|Senate]] its ancient dignity and power. The Senate was very pleased with these sentiments, but not so the Emperor, who sent Junius Severus to relieve Albinus of his command. Despite this, Albinus kept his command until after the murders of Commodus and his successor [[Pertinax]] in 193.