Titus Desticius Juba was a

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between 253 and 258. Anthony Birley writes that Desticius Juba "is the latest known instance of a consular governor of Upper Britain, and indeed of any consular governor with senatorial legates and legions under him."Birley, ''The Fasti of Roman Britain'', (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1981), p. 178 Desticius Juba likely had his origins at Concordia in northern Italy, where numerous inscriptions have been found attesting to "Desticii, with the ''praenomen'' Titus, and several with the ''cognomen'' Juba". He had served in

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as suffect consul and some time later was posted to Britannia Superior. The barracks at

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were refurbished under his governorship between the years 253 and 255.

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Roman-Britain.org entry
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