Legio VI Victrix ("Victorious Sixth Legion") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army founded in 41 BC by the general Octavian (who, as Augustus, later...
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Macedonica), Legio VI (the later Victrix) and Legio X (soon to be Fretensis). Of these, Legio V and Legio X, and less certainly Legio VI, bore under the empire...
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Legio XX Valeria Victrix, in English the Twentieth Victorious Valeria Legion, was a legion of the Imperial Roman army. The origin of the Legion's name...
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somewhat limited in action and subject to the Emperor's control. The Legio VI Victrix was based in Britain from c. 122 AD onward, though their history during...
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Legio VI Victrix, two cavalry alae, and three infantry cohortes, by recruiting various auxiliaries, at least three cohorts of Vascones, and the Legio...
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elsewhere that encouraged a native uprising, obliging Hadrian to send the Legio VI Victrix to Britain. The fate of the Ninth remains the subject of vigorous debate...
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Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix ("Trajan's Victorious Thirtieth Legion") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army. Their emblems were the gods Neptune and Jupiter...
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Augustus Caesar Legio VI Hispana - VI Spanish Legion, a little-known legion which might have been founded by Septimus Severus Legio VI Victrix, which served...
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Tiberius. Stationed in Moguntiacum, Germania Superior from AD 9, Legio XIV Gemina Martia Victrix was one of four legions used by Aulus Plautius and Claudius...
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Legio VI Ferrata (Ironclad): 52 BC – after 250, Julius Caesar (emblem: bull, she-wolf and Romulus and Remus); twin legion of Legio VI Victrix Legio VI...
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encampment of the Legio VI Victrix around 29 BC, its standing as an encampment city was consolidated with the definitive settlement of the Legio VII Gemina from...
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promotions, and after postings in Britain (as military tribune of the Legio VI Victrix) and along the Danube, he served as a procurator in Dacia. He suffered...
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thirty acres occupied by two legions at different times, Legio II Augusta and Legio VI Victrix, and thus of solid, permanent construction using stone,...
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(today's Cologne). In 122 AD, Vetera II became the camp of Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix, replacing VI Victrix which had moved to Britannia. Colonia Ulpia Traiana...
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Vespasian in Hispania Tarraconensis, to supply the place of the Legio VI Victrix and Legio X Gemina, two of the three legions ordinarily stationed in the...
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Legio II Traiana, (lit. Second Legion "Trajan") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army raised by emperor Trajan, along with XXX Ulpia Victrix, for the...
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Legio VI Hispana ("Sixth (Hispanian) Legion") may have been a legion of the Imperial Roman army. Only a few records attesting a "VI Hispana" were known...
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prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Emperor Hadrian stations Legio VI Victrix in Roman Britain, to assist in quelling the resistance of a local rebellion...
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three legions, the Legio II Augusta from Caerleon, the Legio VI Victrix from Eboracum, and the Legio XX Valeria Victrix from Deva Victrix into the theatre...
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career, one of his most important military roles was as commander of Legio VI Victrix during its transfer from Vetera in Germania Inferior to York in Roman...
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and MC 48 (Poltross Burn). Generally thought to have been built by Legio VI Victrix. Two types of milecastle are discernible in plan. These are known as...
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Among finds at the fort are altars with inscriptions to Hercules by Legio VI Victrix (normally stationed at Eboracum [York]) and to Apollo by the 2nd Cohort...
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Legio XII Fulminata ("Thunderbolt Twelfth Legion"), also known as Paterna, Victrix, Antiqua, Certa Constans, and Galliena, was a legion of the Imperial...
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elderly tribune of the diminished, dispirited and politically fractured Legio VI Victrix garrisoning Hadrian's Wall. Near his death, he names Artorius Pendragon...
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Quintus Antonius Isauricus was a Roman legatus legionis commanding Legio VI Victrix in Britain during the AD 130s under Hadrian. He is attested as later...
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subsequently replaced by the Legio VI Victrix, as documented in Vetera from 104/105. Later, between 119 and 121/122, the Legio VI Victrix was transferred to Britannia...
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re-enactment group LEGIO XIII GEMINA Blog (Roman reenactment group inside the virtual world of Second Life) Legio XIIII Gemina Martia Victrix (Roman Military...
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Legio I Germanica Legio I Adiutrix Legio II Adiutrix Legio V Alaudae Legio VI Victrix Legio VIII Augusta Legio XI Claudia Legio XIII Gemina Legio XIV...
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Bremetenn(acensium) / [G]ordiani / [A]el(ius) Antoni/nus |(centurio) leg(ionis) VI / vic(tricis) domo / Melitenis / praep(ositus) et pr(aefectus) / v(otum) s(olvit)...
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legions under Carausius' control comes from his coinage. Strangely, Legio VI Victrix from Eboracum (York, United Kingdom), which, for geographical regions...
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