XXI Rapax |
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2016-11-27 |
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Real-Encyclopädie
article Legio by Ritterling |
p.1781-1791 |
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History |
from
58 BC to 284 AD |
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Date |
Action |
Legionary
HQ |
Modern
name |
Province |
Comment |
30s BC ? |
raised
by Octavian or possibly later after Actium |
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Rapax
= "rapacious" |
15 |
based
in Raetia |
Castra
Regina |
Regensburg |
Raetia |
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6-9 AD |
Pannonian
Revolt |
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9 |
after
Pannonian war moved to |
Vetera |
Xanten |
Germania
Inferior |
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14 |
mutinied
after Augustus' death |
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14-16 |
Germanicus'
campaigns in Germania |
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21 |
suppressed
revolt of the Turoni in Gaul (vexillation) |
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43 |
moved
to Germania Superior |
Argentoratum |
Strasbourg |
Germania
Superior |
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by 47 |
stationed
at Vindonissa |
Vindonissa |
Windisch
in Schweiz |
Raetia |
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69 |
supported
Vitellius against Otho |
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1st
battle of Bedriacum |
69 |
supported
Vitellius against Vespasian but defeated |
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2nd
battle of Bedriacum |
70 |
defeated
Civilis' Batavian revolt |
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battles
of Augusta Trevorum and Vetera |
70 |
moved
to Bonna by Vespasian |
Bonna |
Bonn |
Germania
Inferior |
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c.83 |
moved
to Mogontiacum |
Mogontiacum |
Mainz |
Germania
Superior |
certainly
by 88 |
83 |
Domitian's
war against the Chatti |
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88-89 |
supported
Saturninus' rebellion |
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89 |
??
possibly disbanded for supporting Saturninus' rebellion |
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89/90 |
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moved to Pannonia |
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Pannonia |
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92 |
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legion destroyed by Sarmatians |
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more
likely than disbandment in 89 |
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