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Imperial Roman Legions
to reign of Diocletian ( 3nd c. CE)

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No.

Cognomen

Foundation

Comments

I Augusta; Germanica
I Adiutrix (pia fidelis)
I Italica Nero, 1st c. CE
I Macriana Liberatrix
I Flavia Minervia (pia
fidelis Domitiana)
I Parthica
II Adiutrix (pia fidelis)
II Augusta
II Italica pia (fidelis)
II Parthica (pia fidelis
 felix aeterna)
II Traiana Fortis
III Augusta
III Cyrenaica
III Gallica
III Italica concors
III Parthica
IV Flavia Felix
IV Macedonica
IV Scythica
V Alaudae
V Macedonica
VI Ferrata (fidelis
  constans)
VI Victrix (pia fidelis
  Domitiana)
VII Macedonica (Claudia
 pia fidelis)
VII Galbiana; Hispana;
 Gemina (pia felix)
VIII Augusta
IX Hispana; Macedonica
X Fretensis
X Gemina (pia fidelis
  Domitiana)
XI "Actiacus" (Claudia 
pia fidelis)
XII Fulminata (certa
  constans)
XIII Gemina
XIV Gemina (martia victrix)
XV Apollinaris
XV Primigenia
XVI Gallica
XVI Flavia Firma
XVII (Varian)
XVIII (Varian)
XIX (Varian)
XX Valeria Victrix
XXI Rapax
XXII Deiotariana
XXII Primigenia (pia fidelis
  Domitiana)
XXX Ulpia Victrix

 

Sources & References

Evans, Robert F.  Legions of Imperial Rome: an Informal Order of Battle Study.  New York: Vantage, 1980.
Hornblower, S. and A. Spawforth, eds.  The Oxford Classical Dictionary.  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.
Keppie, Lawrence.  The Making of the Roman Army.  London: Batsford, 1984.
Parker, H.M.D.  The Roman Legions.  Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1928.
 

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