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Augusta |
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28.10.2016 |
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Real-Encyclopädie article Legio by
Ritterling |
p.1457-1466 |
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History |
from 30 BC to 284
AD |
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Date |
Action |
Legionary HQ |
Modern name |
Province |
Comment |
48 BC |
raised as
Caesar's 2nd consular legion or |
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43 |
formed for
Pansa's consular army |
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26-19 |
Cantabrian Wars
in Spain |
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Hispania |
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ante 9 AD |
title
"Augusta" attested first time |
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possibly awarded
in Cantabrian wars |
9-10 AD |
moved to the
Rhine after Varus disaster |
Moguntiacum |
Mainz |
Germania Superior |
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14-16 |
Germanicus'
campaigns in Germania |
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17 |
based at |
Argentoratum |
Strasbourg |
Germania Superior |
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43 |
Claudius'
invasion of Britain |
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Britannia |
legion commanded
by Vespasian |
c.43 |
based at |
Isca Dumnoniorum |
Exeter |
Britannia |
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60s? |
based at |
Glevum |
Gloucester |
Britannia |
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69 |
a vexillation
fought for Otho, then Vitellius |
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1st battle of
Bedriacum |
75 |
moved to Isca in
Wales |
Isca Silurum |
Caerleon |
Britannia |
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83 |
a vexillation
fought in Domitian's war against the Chatti |
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208-211 |
campaigns in
Scotland by Septimius Severus |
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284 |
still in Wales |
Isca Silurum |
Caerleon |
Britannia
Superior |
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