A vexillatio (pl.: vexillationes) was a detachment of a Roman legion formed as a temporary task force created by the Roman army of the Principate. It was...

lance. It was used by both infantry and cavalry. It could designate a vexillation (Latin: vexillatio), a detachment from a larger unit, though it was most...

stationed at a camp which became known as Lejjun (from "legion"). A vexillation, or detachment, of X Fretensis along with other troops stationed in eastern...

of Four the Emperors, a vexillation of the Legio II Augusta sided with emperor Otho. After Otho was defeated the vexillation switched sides and served...

legatus leg] IIXX Prj; III 14207.7, miles leg IIXX; and III 10471-3, a vexillation drawn from four German legions including 'XVIII PR' – surely here the...

Plutarch Caesar 50 Suetonius Divus Iulius 37 The Romans called a this a vexillation c. 1000 veteran legionaries a legion of Galatians; armed, trained, and...

of Legio XI Claudia from 99 to 101. This was followed by command of a vexillation drawn from several legions—including the IV Scythica and XII Fulminata—in...

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Dacia located on Sânpetru Hill, Hunedoara, Romania. The garrison was a vexillation of Legion XIII Gemina. List of castra Primăria Municipiului Hunedoara...

recruited into auxiliary units and dispatched across the empire. The Vexillation Dacorum Parthica accompanied the emperor Septimius Severus during his...

around 270. The frontiers often consisted of forts for auxiliaries, vexillations (e.g. Segedunum) or legions as well as a system of roads for the rapid...

inscriptions that mention "centurio princeps of a vexillation of IV (Scythia) and XVI Flavia Firma, a vexillation of Cohors II Paphlagonum with the titles 'Galliana...

dispatched across the empire, from the eastern provinces to Britannia. The Vexillation Dacorum Parthica accompanied the emperor Septimius Severus during his...

legion was moved to Carnuntum, where it stayed for three centuries. Some vexillations or subunits of the Fourteenth fought in the wars against the Mauri, under...

territory. This is evidenced from the archaeological record, which finds vexillation fortresses (small Roman forts) at the time of Nero's succession. After...

in any battles while serving in Britain. Castus could have overseen vexillations of troops guarding Hadrian's Wall, but his inscriptions do not provide...

Publius Juventius Rufus, stationed in Berenike. AD 39 / 40 – A detachment (vexillation) of Leg III was sent up to the northern coast of Gaul (France) to assist...

a Comes Tingitaniae with a field army composed of two legions, three vexillations, and two auxilia palatina. Flavius Memorius held this office (comes)...

town of Luguvalium which grew up outside it. The fort was built by a vexillation of the legion Legio IX Hispana during the final campaign of Cerialis...

Magnentius, Decentius, Superventores and Praeventores and a detachment (vexillation) of X Fortenses had been gathered at Amida and took up its defence. The...

merged with Leighton. Near Eaton Constantine are the remains of a Roman vexillation fortress and three marching camps near a bend in the River Severn. The...

the first governor to declare publicly for Vespasian (1 July 69); a vexillation of Legio III Cyrenaica participated in the First Jewish–Roman War (66–73...

cataphracts, by the 4th century, the Roman Empire had adopted a number of vexillations of mercenary cataphract cavalry (see the Notitia Dignitatum), such as...

Lacringi invaded Pannonia. This invasion was defeated by local forces (vexillations of the Legio I Adiutrix commanded by a certain Candidus and the Ala Ulpia...

had been captured by the Romans in 71. While the legion was in Syria, vexillations may have fought in Trajan and Domitian's Dacian wars. It is also likely...

least two previous Roman forts on the site. The first was probably a vexillation camp built during attempted conquest of the Silures tribe around AD 55...

during Domitian's reign, it was deployed, either the entire unit or a vexillation, to Oescus in the year 81, where it replaced Legio III Gallica. His service...

commanding X Gemina at Vindobona (Vienna), left for Cappadocia with vexillations from the Danubian legions. Three full legions were also sent east: I...

installation of the 2nd century AD. The fortification was probably built by a vexillation of this legion. No remains of the fort itself can be seen in the area...

have housed any single standard unit, and was probably occupied by a vexillation of cavalry. Extensive examination of the annexe highlights the ancillary...