Imperial Roman Legions
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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) |
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| I | Parthica | ||
| II | Adiutrix (pia fidelis) | ||
| II | Augusta | ||
| II | Italica pia (fidelis) | ||
| II | Parthica (pia fidelis felix aeterna) |
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| 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) |
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| VI | Victrix (pia fidelis Domitiana) |
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| VII | Macedonica (Claudia pia fidelis) |
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| VII | Galbiana; Hispana; Gemina (pia felix) |
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| VIII | Augusta | ||
| IX | Hispana; Macedonica | ||
| X | Fretensis | ||
| X | Gemina (pia fidelis Domitiana) |
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| XI | "Actiacus" (Claudia pia fidelis) |
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| XII | Fulminata (certa constans) |
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| 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) |
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| XXX | Ulpia Victrix |
| 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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