• Legio I Germanica, (lit. First Legion "Germanic"), was a legion of the Imperial Roman army, possibly founded in 48 BC by Julius Caesar to fight for him...
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    amalgamation by Vespasian with one of the German legions, not improbably the Legio I Germanica. Between 86 and 89 the Legion was commanded by the future emperor...
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    in Hispania. While the legion was in Hispania, they along with the Legio I Germanica helped build the Colonia Acci. They also constructed the city of Cartenna...
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  • German Legion may refer to: Legio I Germanica (48 BC - AD 70), a legion in the Roman army King's German Legion (1803-1816), a unit of the British Army...
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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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    Legio I Germanica (Germanic): 48 BC – AD 70 (Revolt of the Batavi), Julius Caesar Legio II Sabina (Sabine): 43 BC – c. AD 9, early name of the Legio II...
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  • Legio I (Ancient Rome), see List of Roman legions Legio I Adiutrix Legio I Armeniaca Legio I Germanica Legio I Iovia Legio I Isaura Sagittaria Legio I...
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  •  174. "Legio I Germanica - Livius". www.livius.org. Retrieved 2020-08-01. Michelet, Jules (1892). History of France. D. Appleton. pp. 37, 51. "Legio II Augusta...
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  • inscription identifies the unit as "Legio I", there were two active c. 60 with that number: Legio I Germanica, and Legio I Minervia. Then came an appointment...
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    30 the area of present-day Cologne was mainly a garrison. Legio I Germanica and the Legio XX Valeria Victrix were stationed nearby. The place of the...
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    Vespasian with one of the German legions, probably the Legio I Germanica. Its full name was Legio VII Gemina Felix. After serving in Pannonia, and in the...
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    Legio V Alaudae ("Fifth Legion of the Lark"), sometimes also known as Legio V Gallica ("Fifth Gallic Legion"), was a legion of the Roman army founded...
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  • himself as witty by behaving frivolously. In 69 he was commander of Legio I Germanica based in Germania Inferior. When the troops refused to endorse the...
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  • tribune; she further notes that one Gaius Caetronius was legate of Legio I Germanica in AD 14; while she doubts this Caetronius was his father, she believes...
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  • Classicus read an oath of allegiance (dressed as a Roman general) to Legio I Germanica and Legio XVI Gallica stationed in Germany, commanding them to swear allegiance...
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  • year fighting against Marc Antony. Gaius Caetronius, legate of the Legio I Germanica in Germania at the accession of Tiberius in AD 14. Following a mutiny...
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    and Mythology, Vol I (1867). Wells, Peter S. (2003), The Battle That Stopped Rome, New York: Norton, ISBN 978-0-393-32643-7 Tacitus, I:65 Tacitus claims...
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    the command of Quintus Antistius Adventus, the Legio III Italica took part in the expeditio Germanica that protected Italy against Germanic tribes. 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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    The Classis Germanica was a Roman fleet in Germania Superior and Germania Inferior. Besides the Channel Fleet (Classis Britannica), it was one of the...
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    Pannonia. This invasion was defeated by local forces (vexillations of the Legio I Adiutrix commanded by a certain Candidus and the Ala Ulpia contariorum...
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  • Roman Senate. Next he was commissioned as the tribunus laticlavius in Legio I Minervia. Upon returning to Rome, he was elected quaestor, and in this...
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    capture Castra Vetera, the Romans' lost two legions, while two others (I Germanica and XVI Gallica) were controlled by the rebels. The rebellion became...
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  • these were: In Pannonia I and Noricum ripensis, naval detachments (milites liburnarii) of the legio XIV Gemina and the legio X Gemina at Carnuntum and...
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    with the work coming from three Roman legions – the Legio II Augusta, Legio VI Victrix, and Legio XX Valeria Victrix, totalling 15,000 soldiers, plus...
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  • Type/notes Legio I Adiutrix Legion Legio II Adiutrix Legion Legio VII Claudia Legion Legio XI Claudia Legion Legio IV Flavia Felix Legion Legio X Gemina...
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    Auxilia (redirect from I Ulpia contariorum)
    defeated when their companion Batavi ala defected to his side. The Classis Germanica (Rhine flotilla), largely manned by Batavi, was seized by Civilis. Most...
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    rebellion of Gaius Julius Civilis. Vespasian disbands four Rhine legions (I Germanica, IV Macedonica, XV Primigenia and XVI Gallica), disgraced for having...
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  • rebellion of Gaius Julius Civilis. Vespasian disbands four Rhine legions (I Germanica, IV Macedonica, XV Primigenia and XVI Gallica), disgraced for having...
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    consisting of eighty transport ships, sufficient to carry two legions (Legio VII and Legio X), and an unknown number of warships under a quaestor, at an unnamed...
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