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Also Known As Gaius Pescennius Niger Justus
Died 194

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Bust of Vespasian, found at Ostia; in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome.
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Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus, marble bust by an unknown artist; in the Vatican Museum.
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