V Alaudae		Update	4.11.2016
Sources
1	Real-Encyclopädie article Legio by Ritterling	p.1564-1571
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History	from 30 BC to 284 AD
Date	Action	Legionary HQ	Modern name	Province	Comment
c.52 BC	raised by Caesar in Transalpina among non-citizens				Alaudae = Larks
52-46	Caesar's Gallic and civil wars
c.48	probably first numbered V Legion in civil war				when soldiers became Roman citizens
46	battle of Thapsus in Africa
43	fought for M. Antonius at battle of Mutina
42	fought for M. Antonius at Philippi in Macedonia
42-31	followed M. Antonius to the East
31	probably fought for M. Antonius at Actium
30	sent to Spain
27-19	Cantabrian campaigns			Hispania Ulterior
17	sent to Gaul			Germania
15	lost it's eagle to the Germans			Germania
14 AD	stationed  at Vetera	Vetera	Xanten	Germania Inferior	mutinied when Augustus died
28	Frisian revolt
69	supported Vitellius with vexillation				1st battle of Bedriacum
69	almost destroyed by rebels in Civilis' revolt
70	moved to Pannonia and Moesia				no firm evidence for legion after 70
85-86	Domitian's Dacian war
86	probably destroyed in Dacia, never reformed
92	?? or destroyed in Domitian's Sarmatian war