Legio VIII Augusta ("Augustus' Eighth Legion") was one of the oldest legions of the Imperial Roman army. They were ordered to Cisalpine Gaul around 58...

military outpost established by Nero Claudius Drusus. From 90 AD the Legio VIII Augusta was permanently stationed there. The Romans under Nero Claudius Drusus...

Legio II Augusta (lit. Second Legion "Augustus'") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army that was founded during the late Roman republic. Its emblems...

II Italica, legio II Parthica, III Italica, IIII Flavia, IIII Italica (under Alexander Severus), V Macedonica, VII Claudia, VIII Augusta, X Gemina, XI...

Gemina Legio VIII Augusta: 59 BC – 48 BC, Julius Caesar, originally named Gallica, disbanded and re-enlisted by Augustus as Legio VIII Augusta Legio IX Hispana...

was appointed to the consulship are known. In 82 the veterans of Legio VIII Augusta stationed in Germania Inferior asked Quietus, who is described as...

then placed the Seventh (Legio VII Claudia), Eighth (Legio VIII Augusta), Ninth (Legio IX Hispana), and Tenth legions (Legio X Equestris), organized in...

resulted in replacement by emperor Vespasian in 69–70 AD of Legio VIII Augusta by Legio I Italica, which stayed in Novae at least to the 430s. In 86...

Legio XIII Gemina, in English the 13th Twin(s) Legion (either "Female Twin" or "Neuter Twins"); was a legion of the Imperial Roman army. It was one of...

Vespasian as emperor in August. Three of these legions, III Gallica, VIII Augusta, and VII Claudia had been on their way to support Otho when they heard...

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...

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...

received its most extended and fortified shape. From the year 90 on, the Legio VIII Augusta was permanently stationed in the Roman camp of Argentoratum. It then...

the Roman Senate. Next he was commissioned a military tribune with Legio VIII Augusta, at the time stationed in Pannonia. Upon returning to Rome, Caecilianus...

by the soldiers from the Legio VIII Augusta from 46 AD to 69. Early Singidunum reached its height with the arrival of Legio IV Flavia Felix which was...

Achaia circa AD 52, had been decemvir stlitibus judicandis, tribune of the Legio VIII Macedonicae, quaestor, proquaestor in Cyprus, tribune of the plebs, and...

much later, the cult is attested in Germany where a centurion of Legio VIII Augusta dedicated an altar in 191 at Obernburg in Germania Superior (CIL XIII...

Alföldy argues that Flaccus was legatus more likely of Legio II Augusta than Legio VIII Augusta, since no legates of the second unit are known to have...

for eighteen years, twenty days. Tertinius Gessus, a veteran of the Legio VIII Augusta, buried at Lugdunum, along with his wife, Tertinia Amabilis, in a...

by the soldiers from the Legio VIII Augusta from 46 AD to 69 AD. Early Singidunum reached its height with the arrival of Legio IV Flavia Felix which was...

Venetia and Histria, built by Titus Albius Rufus, a soldier in the Legio VIII Augusta, either her son or son-in-law, and dating to the late first century...

Zaragoza and Emerita Augusta, modern Mérida. The legion was sent to Carnuntum in Pannonia in about 63 AD (or a bit earlier) after legio XV Apollinaris left...

outnumber the legionaries. Roman Republic – Julius Caesar's eight legions: VII, VIII, IX Triumphalis, X Equestris, XI, XII Victrix, XIII, XIV – auxiliaries: slingers...

He then received a commission as legatus legionis or commander of Legio VIII Augusta, at the time garrisoned at Argentorate. Corbier believes it was this...

('governor of the province of Numidia'), and was Legatus legionis of the Legio VIII Augusta stationed in Germania Superior. He was Praefectus frumenti dandi ('prefect...

accountant in the governor's office. Maximinus was the commander of the Legio IV Italica when Severus Alexander was assassinated by his own troops in...

Legio II Adiutrix ("Second Legion, the Rescuer") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army founded in AD 70 by the emperor Vespasian (r. 69–79), originally...

stationing of Legio XI Claudia in Vindonissa. In 101 the military departed the camp, leaving behind a guard post of Legio VIII Augusta. Vindonissa was...

River in preparation for his planned invasion of Germania. 90 CE – Legio VIII Augusta stationed in Argentoratum. 4th C. CE – Catholic diocese of Strassburg...

position he held from AD 72 to 75. Taking vexillations of the Legio VIII Augusta and the Legio XI Claudia, he undertook a campaign on the right bank of the...