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The city of Moguntiacum is the legion's first known base camp, shared with Legio XIV Gemina, where they attended mainly building activities. In 83, they fought the Germanic wars against the Chatti , a German tribe living across the Rhine , under the command of Emperor Domitian .
An imperial legion of 5,500 men would require a minimum of 12.5 tonnes of grain-equivalent every day. [97] Thus, Agricola's Caledonian task-force at the Battle of Mons Graupius , around 25,000-strong, would have required, c. 5,000 tonnes of grain-equivalent for three months' campaigning (plus fodder for the horses and pack animals ).
Legio I Italica ("First Italian Legion") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army founded by emperor Nero on September 22, 66 (the date is attested by an inscription). Originally named Legio Phalanx Alexandri Magni , it was stationed in Italy during the year of four emperors and gained the name Italica .
First Legion "Germanic"), was a legion of the Imperial Roman army, possibly founded in 48 BC by Julius Caesar to fight for him in the civil war against Pompey. The title germanic is a reference to its service in the Germanic Wars , rather than the place of origin of its soldiers. [ 1 ]
27 BC – AD 14), probably from men previously enlisted in other legions. Brick stamp LEG XXIR, found in Rheinzabern. Augustus probably sent his new XXIst legion to Hispania Tarraconensis to fight the campaign against the Cantabrians. XXI Rapax was one of the five legions used by Drusus to suppress the rebellion of the Raetians, in 16
Legio XII Fulminata ("Thunderbolt Twelfth Legion"), also known as Paterna, Victrix, Antiqua, Certa Constans, and Galliena, was a legion of the Imperial Roman army. It was originally levied by Julius Caesar in 58 BC, and the legion accompanied him during the Gallic Wars until 49 BC.
When soldiers were not engaged in military campaigns, the legions had little to do, while costing the Roman state large sums of money. Thus, soldiers were involved in building civilian works to keep them well accustomed to hard physical labour and out of mischief, since it was believed that idle armies were a potential source of mutiny.
Octavianus (later Emperor Augustus) raised XV Apollinaris in order to end the occupation of Sicily by Sextus Pompeius, who was threatening Rome's grain supply.After the Battle of Actium, where the legion probably gained its epitaph Apollinaris, [1] it was sent to garrison Illyricum, where it probably remained until 6 BC, though it might have seen action in the Cantabrian Wars.