Legio XIV Gemina ("The Twinned Fourteenth Legion") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army, levied by Julius Caesar in 57 BC. The cognomen Gemina (Twinned)...
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Carnuntum (section Legio XIV Gemina)
Vespasian. In 117–118 AD, Carnuntum became the permanent quarters of Legio XIV Gemina where it stayed for three centuries until the frontier collapsed in...
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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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rebellion known as the Revolt of Saturninus, involving the legions Legio XIV Gemina and Legio XXI Rapax, camped in Moguntiacum (Mainz). Due to the fact Saturninus...
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wealth under his rule. By 67, the province was secure enough to allow Legio XIV Gemina to be withdrawn, but inactivity, and the lack of opportunities for...
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Moguntiacum (Mainz) is the legion's first known base camp, shared with Legio XIV Gemina, where they attended mainly building activities. In 83, they fought...
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Thebaeorum; Tertiodecimani (Legio XIII Gemina?); Quartodecimani (Legio XIV Gemina Martia Victrix?); Prima Flavia gemina; Secunda Flavia gemina. Renatus, Flavius...
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to centurio in four different legions: Legio XIV Gemina, Legio XI Claudia, Legio II Augusta and Legio VII Gemina. Additionally, he was ordinatus architectus...
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outside Carnuntum in Upper Pannonia, which was the headquarters for the Legio XIV Gemina. The Roman army was inexperienced and outmatched, and the ensuing battle...
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the city of Kessel, North Brabant. 54 BCE, Destruction of the legion Legio XIV Gemina by the Eburones led by Cativolcus and Ambiorix, Lucius Aurunculeius...
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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...
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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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were sent back to Rome; and to discourage future revolts, legions XIII Gemina and V Macedonica were permanently posted in Dacia. The conquered half (southern)...
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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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Agricola took Legio XIV Gemina north on his punitive expeditions against the Picts in Scotland. With the departure of Legio XIV Gemina, Legio XX Valeria...
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Claudia, VIII Augusta, X Gemina, XI Claudia Pia Fidelis, XIII Gemina, Legio XIIII Gemina Martia Victrix, XV Apollinaris, XX Valeria Victrix, XXII Primigenia...
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Statue of Jupiter Dolichenus from Carnuntum, erected by Atilius Primus, an evocatus of the Legio XIV Gemina. The dative form ēvocātō is visible at left....
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including his own Legio XIV Gemina, some vexillationes (detachments) of the XX Valeria Victrix, and any available auxiliaries. The prefect of Legio II Augusta...
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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 a...
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fortress (castrum) was built within the site of the later city for the Legio XIV Gemina during their invasion of Wales. The local British tribe of the Cornovii...
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Superior, Lucius Antonius Saturninus, and his two legions at Mainz, Legio XIV Gemina and Legio XXI Rapax, rebelled against the Roman Empire with the aid of the...
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led by Marcus Roscius Coelius, commander of Legio XX Valeria Victrix. Bolanus was joined by Legio XIV Gemina, which had been withdrawn from Britain in 67...
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Legio IX Hispana ("9th Hispanian Legion"), also written as Legio VIIII Hispana, was a legion of the Imperial Roman army that existed from the 1st century...
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they shared the castrum (camp) of Moguntiacum (modern day Mainz) with XIV Gemina. In 89, the legions in Moguntiacum supported their commander, Lucius Antonius...
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Roman legions temporarily stationed in Argentoratum were the Legio XIV Gemina and the Legio XXI Rapax, the latter during the reign of Nero. The centre of...
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Roman legions temporarily stationed in Argentoratum were the Legio XIV Gemina and the Legio XXI Rapax, the latter during the reign of Nero. The Alemanni...
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as the deserted settlement "Westeheim". Stamped bricks of the Roman Legio XIV Gemina Martia Victrix were found 1984 in a brick kiln during an excavation...
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were a part; troops from the Legio XIV Gemina were stationed in the area to keep the Brigantian peace. At this time the Legio II Augusta held the command...
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Aureus minted in 193 by Septimius Severus to celebrate Legio XIV Gemina, the legion that proclaimed him emperor...
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, a native of Ateste in Venetia and Histria, was a veteran of the Legio XIV Gemina, buried at Mogontiacum in Germania Superior, aged fifty, along with...
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