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    Legio XVIII ("Eighteenth Legion", spelled XVIII or XIIX) was a legion of the Imperial Roman army. It was founded ca. 41 BC by the future emperor Augustus...
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    Clades Lolliana. Legio V Macedonica (returned in 16 BC) 9 – Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in Germania. Legio XVII, Legio XVIII, and Legio XIX (two recaptured...
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    Tiberius took effective control, and prepared for the continuation of the war. Legio II Augusta, XX Valeria Victrix and XIII Gemina were sent to the Rhine to...
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    revolt in 70AD. Legio XVII raised by Octavian in 41 BC, destroyed in Teutoburg forest in 9AD with XVIII and XIX legions. Legio XVIII raised by Octavian...
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    shame and the ill luck thought to be created by the Roman defeat, the XVII, XVIII and XIX legions never again appeared in the Roman Army's order of battle...
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    A cenotaph to Marcus Caelius, a centurion of Legio XVIII killed at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. Note the prominent display of the vine staff, his...
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    Legio X Gemina ("10th Twin(s) Legion" in English), was a Roman legion, which was active during the late Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire as part...
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    conquest of Egypt. On the other hand, Legio XVII ("Seventeenth Legion"), Legio XVIII ("Eighteenth Legion") and Legio XIX ("Nineteenth Legion"), founded by...
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    Legio XVII ("Seventeenth Legion") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army. It was founded by Augustus around 41 BC. The legion was destroyed in the Battle...
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  • become known as "lost legions": Legio XVII, XVIII and XIX, defeated in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD Legio IX Hispana, disappeared from surviving...
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    9 AD in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest of the Legions Legio XVII, Legio XVIII and Legio XIX; all three were recovered-one in 14 AD from the Marsi...
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  • cenotaph. The armillae awarded to senior centurion Marcus Caelius of Legio XVIII, for example, are evident on his funerary monument, and three pairs of...
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  • Teutoburg Forest, an army of Germans under Arminius exterminated Legio XVII, Legio XVIII and Legio XIX, Roman legions under Publius Quinctilius Varus. The Battle...
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    returning to Vetera. It is highly probable that two of the legions, Legio XVIII Augusta and Legio XVII Augusta, which perished, were previously stationed at the...
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    the bull, symbol of the Legio VII Claudia, on the reverse. Memorial to Lucius Duccius Rufinus, a standard bearer of the Legio IX Hispana, Yorkshire Museum...
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    second, the Battle of Teutoburg Forest, three Roman legions (Legio XVII, Legio XVIII, and Legio XIX) were defeated by the West-Germanic resistance to Roman...
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  • Magius Caecilianus with treason. Marcus Caelius T. f., primus pilus of Legio XVIII, died during the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in AD 9. Publius Caelius...
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    Legio XIX ("Nineteenth Legion") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army. It was destroyed in 9 AD in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. The emblem of...
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  • the order of Germanicus to send Syrian-based legions, including Legio VI Ferrata and Legio X Fretensis, to Armenia to back him in his planned coronation...
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    difficult to take or to relieve from a distance. Cassius Dio, XVIII.22. Account of Legio I Parthica at livius.org Claudius Ptolemaeus, Geographia V.18...
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    au lion . 1301–1350 – via Gallica. Malone, Stephen James (August 2005). Legio XX Valeria Victrix: A Prosographical and Historical Study (PDF) (Thesis)...
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    although the veracity of this is disputed. Maximinus was the commander of the Legio IV Italica when Severus Alexander was assassinated by his own troops in...
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    addition to the 3 positioned to guard the Alps (legio Iulia Alpina, legio II Iulia Alpina, and legio III Iulia Alpina), out of a combined total of 56...
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    so. Vespasian's renown came from his military success; he was legate of Legio II Augusta during the Roman invasion of Britain in 43 and subjugated Judaea...
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    Trajan brought two more, Legio X Gemina and Legio XI Claudia, and created two new legions, Legio II Traiana Fortis and Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix. The Roman...
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    Constanța). AD 9, c. September 9 – Battle of the Teutoburg Forest: Legio XVII, XVIII and XIX are lured by Arminius into an ambush and defeated by his tribe...
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    & Suppl. I–III (1922) Band XII, Halbband 23, Kynesioi–Legio (1924) Band XII, Halbband 24, Legio–Libanon (1925) Band XIII, Halbband 25, Libanos–Lokris...
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    Superior, Lucius Antonius Saturninus, and his two legions at Mainz, Legio XIV Gemina and Legio XXI Rapax, revolted against the Roman Empire with the aid of the...
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    constructed circa 69-79 AD to house soldiers building the Via XVIII and was occupied by the Legio VII Gemina until that unit was posted to Dacia in 120 AD...
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    Roman legate of Syria, Cestius Gallus, assembled a force including the Legio XII Fulminata and auxiliary troops from regional vassals, devastating Jewish...
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