The Roman Army, 31 BC–AD 337: A Sourcebook
The Roman Army, 31 BC–AD 337: A Sourcebook
The Roman Army, 31 BC–AD 337: A Sourcebook
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84 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Roman</strong> <strong>Army</strong><br />
the other legions existing at the present day and the occasions of their<br />
enlistment by emperors after Augustus, so that anyone who wishes to<br />
find out about them can easily discover all the material assembled in one<br />
place. Nero recruited the first legion, called Italica, which has winter<br />
quarters in Lower Moesia; Galba the first, Adiutrix, which is stationed<br />
in Lower Pannonia, and the seventh, Gemina, in Spain; Vespasian the<br />
second, Adiutrix, in Lower Pannonia, the fourth, Flavia, in Upper Moesia,<br />
the sixteenth, Flavia, in Syria; Domitian the first, Minervia, in Lower<br />
Germany; Trajan the second, Aegyptia, and the thirtieth, Germanica,<br />
both of which he also named after himself (Traiana and Ulpia<br />
respectively); Marcus Antoninus the second, in Noricum, and the third,<br />
in Raetia, both of which were named Italica; Severus the Parthicae, the<br />
first and third of which are in Mesopotamia, the second in Italy.<br />
Dio is mistaken in calling the twenty-second legion Valeria. Augustus’ twentysecond<br />
legion was called Deiotariana, and the XXII Primigenia was probably<br />
recruited by Caligula. For the origins and naming of legions, see Mann 1983;<br />
Keppie 1984a: 205–15.<br />
144 CIL 6. 3492=ILS 2288, inscription, Rome, 2nd C.AD<br />
Names of the legions<br />
Second, Augusta Second, Adiutrix Fourth, Scythica<br />
(Britain) (Lower Pannonia) (Syria)<br />
Sixth, Victrix Fourth, Flavia Sixteenth, Flavia<br />
(Britain) (Upper Moesia) (Syria)<br />
Twentieth, Victrix Seventh, Claudia Sixth, Ferrata<br />
(Britain) (Upper Moesia) (Judaea)<br />
Eighth, Augusta First, Italica Tenth, Fretensis<br />
(Upper Germany) (Lower Moesia) (Judaea)<br />
Twenty-second, Primigenia Fifth, Macedonica Third, Cyrenaica<br />
(Upper Germany) (Lower Moesia) (Arabia)<br />
First, Minervia Eleventh, Claudia Second, Traiana<br />
(Lower Germany) (Lower Moesia) (Egypt)<br />
Thirtieth, Ulpia Thirteenth, Gemina Third, Augusta<br />
(Lower Germany) (Dacia) (Numidia)<br />
First, Adiutrix Twelfth, Fulminata Seventh, Gemina<br />
(Upper Pannonia) (Cappadocia) (Spain)<br />
Tenth, Gemina Fifteenth, Apollinaris Second, Italica<br />
(Upper Pannonia) (Cappadocia) (Noricum)<br />
Fourteenth, Gemina Third, Gallica Third, Italica<br />
(Upper Pannonia) (Syria) (Raetia)<br />
First, Parthica Second, Parthica Third, Parthica<br />
(Mesopotamia) (Italy) (Mesopotamia).