Tag: Legion
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6th Legion Victrix
Based in York at the Legion Fortress, units from this legion helped build the Antonine Wall. Previously based in Xanten…
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9th Legion
The 9th (VIIII Hispania) Legion was stationed at York before the 6th Legion and came to Britain during the invasion…
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Legio II Augusta
The 2nd Legion Augusta was stationed in Caerleon, Wales. It helped build the Antonine Wall in 142 AD and was…
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The 20th Legion
The 20th “XX Valeria Victrix” Legion was stationed at Chester and was one of the four that invaded Britain in…
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Legio VIII Augusta
Elements of the Eighth Augustan Legion (Legio VIII Augusta) rebuilt sections of the Antonine Wall and were at Dumfries. It…
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Legio VII Gemina
1000 men from this legion were sent to Britain in 117 AD to help suppress invaders from Scotland. The Legion…
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Legio II Adiutrix
This legion invaded Scotland with Agricola in 79 AD. It was raised initially in the Narbonne area of France and…
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Legio XXII Primigenia (elements of)
The twenty-second was stationed in Mainz, Germany but there is evidence that elements of the legion were stationed in Scotland.…
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The Legions that invaded in 43AD
In 43 AD the Romans invaded Britain with an occupation army. Julius Caesar had invaded in 55 and 54 BC…
