Born in Curculum, Africa (Roman province) (Djemila, Algeria), Lucius Alfenus Senecio was a Numidian (Romanised Berber).
[6] He restored many of the installations at Hadrian's Wall following the uprisings of earlier years and a Victory dedication mentions his name.
Dio Cassius also writes of victories in Britain in 206 and it is therefore likely that he finished the re-occupation of the province and its frontiers.
His report back to Rome described barbarians rebelling, "overrunning the land, taking booty and causing destruction".
Imperator Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax Augustus Arabicus Adiabenicus Parthicus, princeps felicum, pontifex maximus, tribunicia potestate XII, imperator VIII, consul II, proconsul et Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus, Augusti nostri filius, proconsul, imperator III, et Publius Septimius Geta Caesaris, filius et frater Auggustorum nnostrorum, pontem chabinae fluvi a solo restituerunt et transitum reddiderunt sub Alfenum Senecionem legatum Auggustorum pro praetore curante Mario Perpetuo legato Auggustorum legionis XVI Flaviae Firmae