Rock inscription near Boyukdash mountain, Azerbaijan, mentioning Domitian and Legio XII Fulminata.

Among the units are Legio III Gallica, Legio XII Fulminata and Legio XXII Primigenia.

* Julius Caesar sent Servius Sulpicius Galba with Legio XII Fulminata into the country of the Nantuates, Seduni and the Veragri.

Roman inscription in Gobustan left by Legio XII Fulminata

The Latin rock inscription close to Boyukdash mountain in Qobustan, Baku, which mentions Legio XII Fulminata, is the world's easternmost Roman evidence known.

Map of the Roman empire in AD 125, under emperor Hadrian, showing the Legio XII Fulminata, stationed at Melitene ( Malatya, Turkey ), in Cappadocia province, from AD 71 until the 4th century

Roman inscription in Boyukdash, ( near Baku ) Azerbaijan left by Legio XII Fulminata

Some historians argue that the actual settlement of Ramana near Baku was possibly founded by the Roman troops of Lucius Julius Maximus from Legio XII Fulminata in circa 84-96 AD and derives its name from the Latin Romana .< ref >

The Romans lost some 6, 000 troops killed and many more wounded in the battle with Legio Fulminata losing its aquilla, as Gallus abandoned his troops in disarray fleeing to Syria.

* Legio XII Fulminata, a Roman legion which took its name and unit emblem from fulmen, Latin for Thunderbolt ; formed and commanded by Julius Caesar

Legio XII Fulminata.

He placed the Seventh ( Legio VII Claudia ), Eighth ( Legio VIII Augusta ), Ninth ( Legio IX Hispana ), and Tenth legions ( Legio X Equestris ), organized in Roman fashion ( triplex acies ), at the foot of a nearby hill, the top of which he occupied himself, along with the Eleventh ( Legio XI Claudia ) and Twelfth ( Legio XII Fulminata ) Legions and all his auxiliaries.

Tombstone of Calidia ( gens ) | Titus Calidius Severus, centurion of the Legio XV Apollinaris | Fifteenth Legion, depicting a horse, centurion's helmet and armour, found in Carnuntum

Legio secunda Augusta ( Second Augustan Legion ), was a Roman legion, levied by Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus in 43 BC, and still operative in Britannia in the 4th century.

Legio quarta decima Gemina ( Fourteenth Twin Legion ) was a legion of the Roman Empire, levied by Julius Caesar in late 58 B. C.

Legio quarta Macedonica ( Fourth Macedonian Legion ), was a Roman legion levied by Julius Caesar in 48 BC with Italian legionaries.

In later centuries it came to be called commonly, but incorrectly, the Legio Fulminatrix, the Thundering Legion.

Legio quinta Alaudae ( Fifth Larks Legion ) sometimes known as Gallica, was levied by Julius Caesar in 52 BC from native Gauls.

Legio octava Augusta ( Eighth Augustan Legion ) was a Roman legion created by Pompey in 65 BC, along with the 6th, 7th & 9th, and continuing in service to Rome for at least 400 years thereafter.

Legio undevigesima ( Nineteenth Legion ) was a Roman legion levied ( drafted into military service ) in 41 or 40 BC by Augustus.

Legio tertia Augusta ( Third Augustan Legion ) was a Roman legion raised in the year 43 BCE most likely by the consul Gaius Vibius Pansa and the emperor Augustus who served the Roman Empire in North Africa until at least the late 4th century CE.

The Legio III Augusta built the thirty-nine kilometers of the Lambaesis aqueduct in eight months, and the Legion or its temporary successor kept the roads in repair throughout the period of military anarchy.

Legio quinta decima Primigenia ( Fifteenth Firstborn Legion )-a name of the goddess Fortuna ) was a legion of the Roman army.

Legio vigesima secunda Deiotariana ( Twenty-second Deiotaran Legion ) was a Roman legion, levied approximately in 48 BC and disbanded during the Bar Kokhba revolt of 132 – 135.

Legio secunda Traiana Fortis, ( Second Valiant Trajanic Legion ), was a Roman legion levied by emperor Trajan in 105, along with XXX Ulpia Victrix, for the campaigns in Dacia.

Legio secunda Adiutrix ( Second Rescuer Legion ), was a Roman legion levied by emperor Vespasian in 70, from Roman navy marines of the classis Ravennatis.

Legio decima Gemina ( Tenth Twin Legion ), was one of the four legions used by Julius Caesar in 58 BC, for his invasion of Gaul.

Legio tertia decima Gemina ( Thirteenth Twin Legion ) was one of the most prominent Roman legions.

* A fictionalized account of the actions of Legio XIII Gemina during the struggle between Julius Caesar and the Optimates faction under Pompey can be seen in the joint HBO / BBC / RAI television production Rome, most notably two of its soldiers: Centurion Lucius Vorenus and Legionary Titus Pullo, named after real-life Centurions Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo of the XI Legion.

Legio vigesima Valeria Victrix ( Twentieth Victorious Valerian Legion ) was a Roman legion, probably raised by Augustus some time after 31 BC.

In the year 410 A. D. Aqaba ( known then as Ayla ) became the garrison of the Roman 10th Legion of the Sea Strait ( Legio X Fretensis ).

The city of León was founded by the Roman Seventh Legion ( usually written as Legio Septima Gemina (" twin seventh legion ").

Legio duodevigesima ( Eighteenth Legion, spelled XVIII or XIIX ) was a Roman legion levied by the future Augustus around 41 BC.

Legio tertia Parthica ( Third Parthian Legion ) was a Roman legion levied by Emperor Septimius Severus in 197, for his campaign against the Parthian Empire, hence the cognomen Parthica.

Legio quarta Scythica ( Fourth Scythian Legion ) was a Roman legion levied by Mark Antony around 42 BC, for his campaign against the Parthian Empire, hence its other cognomen, Parthica.

Legio septima decima ( Seventeenth Legion ) was a Roman legion levied by Augustus around 41 BC.

Following the nomination of Maximinus as emperor, Alexander was assassinated ( on either 18 or 19 March 235 ), together with his mother, in a mutiny of the Legio XXII Primigenia at Moguntiacum.

Kevin K. Carroll suggests a site close to High Cross in Leicestershire, on the junction of Watling Street and the Fosse Way, which would have allowed the Legio II Augusta, based at Exeter, to rendezvous with the rest of Suetonius's forces, had they not failed to do so.

Isca Dumnoniorum originated with a settlement that developed around the Roman fortress of the Legio II Augusta and is one of the four poleis ( cities ) attributed to the tribe by Ptolemy.

On 1 January 89, the governor of Germania Superior, Lucius Antonius Saturninus, and his two legions at Mainz, Legio XIV Gemina and Legio XXI Rapax, revolted against the Roman Empire with the aid of the Chatti.

Between 28-24 BC Augustus ' military campaigns pacified all Hispania under Roman rule, with the foundation of Roman cities like Asturica Augusta ( Astorga ) and Bracara Augusta ( Braga ) to the north, and to the south Emerita Augusta ( Mérida ) ( settled with the emeriti of the Legio V Alaudae and Legio X Gemina legions ).

At the end of the civil war against Mark Antony, Augustus was left with around fifty legions, with several double counts ( multiple Legio Xs for instance ).

* Trajan moves to Scythopolis and crosses the Jordan River with Legio X Fretensis.

* Gallus arrives in Caesarea, with six thousand men and numerous standards, including the eagle of Legio XII.

* Province of Iudaea ( Judea ): Titus Flavius Vespasianus arrives in Ptolemais, along with Legio X Fretensis and Legio V Macedonica to put down the Jewish Revolt.

The Roman army ( Legio X Fretensis ) surrounds the mountain fortress with a 7-mile long siege wall ( circumvallation ) and built a rampart of stones and beaten earth against the western approach.

Varus ' forces included three legions ( Legio XVII, Legio XVIII, and Legio XIX ), six cohorts of auxiliary troops ( non-citizens or allied troops ) and three squadrons of cavalry ( alae ), most of which lacked combat experience with Germanic fighters under local conditions.

* April 12 – Battle of Carthage: Numidian forces loyal to Maximinus invade Africa with support of Legio III Augusta.

Soldiers of Legio II Parthica killed him in his tent, along with his son Maximinus ( who is appointed co-emperor ).

One such raid in AD 68 / 69 was intercepted by the Legio III Gallica with Roman auxiliaries, who destroyed a raiding force of 9, 000 Roxolanian cavalry encumbered by baggage.

Chester was founded as a " castrum " or Roman fort with the name Deva Victrix in the year 79 by the Roman Legio II Adiutrix during the reign of the Emperor Vespasian.

As Caesar discovered with the Legio X Equestris, a powerful unit more dangerous than its fellow legions was desirable in the field.