XII Fulminata		Update	2016-11-20
Sources
1	Real-Encyclopädie article Legio by Ritterling	p.1705-1710
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History	from 58 BC to 284 AD
Date	Action	Legionary HQ	Modern name	Province	Comment
58 BC	raised by Caesar in Gallia Cisalpina as his 12th legion				Fulminata = Lightning-bearer
58-45	Caesar's Gallic and civil wars
45	probably demobilised
c.42	raised again
41	Octavian's siege of Perusia				called XII Victrix
30s	with M.Antonius, called XII Antiqua
30	? stationed in Egypt			Aegyptus
after.27	called XII Paterna
after 16	earliest attestation of title Fulminata
c.4	probably in Syria
by 23 AD	stationed in Syria at	Raphanaea	Rafniye on Euphrates	Syria
62	Caesennius Paetus' disastrous campaign in Armenia
66	Cestius Gallus campaign vs 1st Jewish revolt				lost its eagle
69-70	siege of Jerusalem
70	moved to Cappadocia	Melitene	Malatya, Turkey	Cappadocia
132-135	2nd Jewish revolt (vexillation)
135	? Flavius Arrianus' campaign vs the Alans (vexillation)
161-166	? Lucius Verus' Parthian wars (vexillation)
166-180	M.Aurelius' Marcomannic wars (vexillation)
175	supported M.Aurelius vs Avidius Cassius				title Certa Constans (Sure and reliable)
252	against Shapur Ius invasion
284	still at Melitene	Melitene	Malatya, Turkey	Cappadocia