One modern scholar has written " It is almost certain not only that at no time in his life did he ever see, let alone command, a Roman army, but that, throughout the twenty-three years of his reign, he never went within five hundred miles of a legion ".

A legionary bath-house was built inside the fortress sometime between 55 and 60 and underwent renovation shortly afterwards ( c. 60-65 ) but by c. 68 ( perhaps even 66 ) the legion had transferred to a newer fortress at Gloucester.

With the XXth Valeria Victrix legion, Agricola defeated the Caledonians in 84 at the Battle of Mons Graupius, in northern Scotland.

A legion on the march brought its own baggage train ( impedimenta ) and constructed its own camp ( castra ) every evening at the side of the road.

Before the rebellion at the Stonewall Inn, homosexuals were, as historians Dudley Clendinen and Adam Nagourney write, a secret legion of people, known of but discounted, ignored, laughed at or despised.

The legion is a key in securing the victory, and eventually replaced Legio IX Hispana at Eboracum.

Pannonia Superior was under the consular legate, who had formerly administered the single province, and had three legions under his control ; Pannonia Inferior at first under a praetorian legate with a single legion as garrison, after Marcus Aurelius under a consular legate, still with only one legion.

" the AEC had become an oligarchy controlling all facets of the military and civilian sides of nuclear energy, promoting them and at the same time attempting to regulate them, and it had fallen down on the regulatory side ... a growing legion of critics saw too many inbuilt conflicts of interest ".

He was later joined by Titus at Ptolemais, bringing with him the fifteenth legion.

Carbonized chickpeas have been found at the Roman legion fort at Neuss ( Novaesium ), Germany in layers from the first century CE, along with rice.

For this purpose Lucius Staius Murcus moved with 60 ships and a legion of elite troops into position at Cape Matapan in the south of the Peloponnese.

However, at least the XXXVI legion consisted of old Pompeian veterans, enrolled in Caesar's army after the Battle of Pharsalus.

Meanwhile Cestius Gallus moved into the region with the twelfth legion, but was unable to restore order and suffered defeat at the battle of Beth-Horon, forcing the Romans to retreat from Jerusalem.

He was later joined by his son Titus at Ptolemais, who brought with him the fifteenth legion.

In the autumn he was ordered to Little Egg Harbor, where in the engagement on 15 October, known as The Affair at Little Egg Harbor, the legion suffered heavy losses.

According to Koch, the name Arawn may be derived from the Biblical name Aaron, the name of Moses ’ s brother, and so is ultimately of Hebrew origin and meaning ‘ exalted .’ That the name ‘ Aaron ’ had currency in Wales as early as Roman times is shown by Gildas who wrote that ‘ Aaron and Iulianus were Christian martyrs at Urbs Legionis ( the ‘ city of the legion ,’ probably Caerllion-ar-Wysg ) in the time of the Emperor Diocletian .’ a cleric of the Old Welsh name Araun witnessed two charters of 860 preserved in the book of Llandaf.

Meanwhile, leaving the bulk of the Roman legion in the command of Appius Claudius at Syracuse, Marcellus and a small army roamed Sicily, conquering opponents and taking such rebellious cities as Helorus, Megara, and Herbessus.

Severianus led a legion ( perhaps the IX Hispana ) into Armenia, but was trapped by the great Parthian general Chosrhoes at Elegia, a town just beyond the Cappadocian frontiers, high up past the headwaters of the Euphrates.

The fortress was garrisoned by the legion until at least the late 4th century.

Parts of his tale recount some extraordinary events and phenomena ; such as his stories of conjuring up a legion of devils in the Colosseum, after one of his not innumerous mistresses had been spirited away from him by her mother ; of the marvelous halo of light which he found surrounding his head at dawn and twilight after his Roman imprisonment, and his supernatural visions and angelic protection during that adversity ; and of his being poisoned on two separate occasions.

Friedrich Hecker and Franz Joseph Trefzger, lost at Kandern on April 20, 1848 ; Freiburg, which they held, fell on April 24 ; and on April 27 a Franco-German legion, which had invaded Baden from Strasbourg, was routed at Dossenbach.

Vespasian was assigned to lead the Roman army against the insurgents, with Titus — who had completed his military education by this time — in charge of a legion.

Each legion in Britain had a commander who answered to the governor and in time of war probably directly ruled troublesome districts.

When did he have time for love with this legion of women?

Governor Aulus Didius Gallus sends her military aid, and after some indecisive fighting a legion commanded by Caesius Nasica defeats the rebels ( approximate date – some time between 52 and 57 ).

The Roman empire in the time of Hadrian ( ruled 117-138 AD ), showing, on the middle Danube river, the imperial province s of Pannonia Superior and Pannonia Inferior and the 2 Roman legion | legions deployed in each in 125

The Roman empire in the time of Hadrian ( ruled 117-138 AD ), showing, on the lower Danube river, the imperial province s of Moesia Superior ( Serbia ) and Moesia Inferior ( N. Bulgaria / coastal Romania ), and the 2 Roman legion | legion deployed in each in 125

Instead, she spends her time locked away in her bedroom, in the company of a legion of cats and birds, the only things toward which she shows affection.

Despite the romanticism extolling the idealized virtues of the Roman legion of an earlier time, Vegetius ' De Re Militari remains a reliable and useful insight into the success of the early Roman Empire.

The Roman empire in the time of Hadrian ( ruled 117-138 AD ), showing, on the upper Danube river, the imperial province of Raetia ( Switzerland / Tyrol / Germany S. of Danube ), with no Roman legion | legions deployed there in 125.

The trio sonatas by Arcangelo Corelli ( opus 1, 1681, opus 3, 1689 ) were of unparalleled influence during his lifetime and for a long time after, inspiring slavish imitation by composers whose numbers were legion ( Talbot 2001 ).

The later version, published in 1956, states that the legion was stationing in Cappadocia by that time whereas the centurion might have been in Albania with some diplomatic mission because for the talks with the Eastern rulers the Roman commanders were usually sending centurions.

However Caesar grabbed a shield, made his way to the front line, and quickly organised his forces ; at the same time, the commander of the tenth legion, Titus Labienus, attacked the Nervian camp.

At the same time, relations collapsed between the Batavi cohorts and the legion they had been attached to since the invasion of Britain 25 years earlier ( XIV Gemina ): their mutual hatred erupted in open fighting on at least two occasions.

However, the legion was self-sufficient in protecting the African provinces for the majority of the time.

L. Petronius Taurus Volusianus who later became Praetorian Prefect in 260 and Urban prefect in the mid-260s was Primus Pilus of the legion at this time.

The veterans obtained lands near Cremona, and an inscription reports that the name of the legion at the time was Veneria, " devoted to Venus ", the mythical mother of gens Julia.

Legio secunda Italica ( Second Italian legion ), was a Roman legion levied by emperor Marcus Aurelius in 165 together with I Italica at a time when the Roman Empire was fighting both in Germania and in Parthia.

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

The Roman empire in the time of Hadrian ( ruled 117-138 AD ), showing, on the upper Rhine river, the imperial province of Germania Superior ( Franche-Comté / Alsace-Lorraine / Baden-Württemberg ), and the 2 Roman legion | legions deployed there in 125.

As each legion was accompanied by an equal number of allied troops, and allied cavalry numbered around 4, 000, the total strength of the army which faced Hannibal could not have been much less than 90, 000.

The legion it accommodated would have numbered 5, 400 at full strength, though there would have been additional specialist troops accompanying them.

A legion at full strength at that time numbered some 5, 500 men, and provided new trading opportunities for enterprising local people, who doubtless flocked to Eboracum to take advantage of them.