VI Victrix		Update	5.11.2016
Sources
1	Real-Encyclopädie article Legio by Ritterling	p.1598-1614
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History	from 30 BC to 284 AD
Date	Action	Legionary HQ	Modern name	Province	Comment
43 BC	founded by Octavian
42	part of Octavian's army
41	siege of Perusia
31	probably fought for Octavian at Actium
27-19	Cantabrian Wars in Spain			Hispania Citerior
19	in Spain	Legio	Leon	Hispania Citerior	titled VI Hispana
54/67 AD	title Victrix first attested, but probably from much earlier				Victrix = "Victorious"
68	proclaimed their governor Galba emperor
69-70	marched to the Rhine to suppress Civilis' revolt
70	stationed on the Rhine	Novaesium	Neuss	Germania Inferior
89	with 3 other legions defeated Saturninus' revolt				I Min, X Gem, XXII Pg
89	called VI Victrix Pia Fidelis Domitiana				"dutiful, loyal, of Domitian"
96	title Domitiana dropped after Domitian's murder				retained Pia Fidelis
100/105	moved to Vetera during Dacian wars	Vetera	Xanten	Germania Inferior
122	Hadrian took the legion with him to Britain	Eburacum	York	Britannia	to replace the destroyed IX Hispana.?
155-158	British revolt
193-197	fought for Clodius Albinus in Gaul
c.196/197	returned to Britain	Eburacum	York	Britannia Inferior
209	Septimius Severus' campaign in Scotland				titled Victrix Britannica Pia Fidelis
211/218	titled Antoniniana after Caracalla
222-235	titled Severiana after Alexander Severus
238-244	titled Gordiana after Gordian III
284	still in Britain