• Vexillatio (redirect from Vexillation)
    A vexillatio (pl.: vexillationes) was a detachment of a Roman legion formed as a temporary task force created by the Roman army of the Principate. It was...
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    lance. It was used by both infantry and cavalry. It could designate a vexillation (Latin: vexillatio), a detachment from a larger unit, though it was most...
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    of the Four Emperors, a vexillation of the Legio II Augusta sided with emperor Otho. After Otho was defeated the vexillation switched sides and served...
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    stationed at a camp which became known as Lejjun (from "legion"). A vexillation, or detachment, of X Fretensis along with other troops stationed in eastern...
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    Plutarch Caesar 50 Suetonius Divus Iulius 37 The Romans called a this a vexillation c. 1000 veteran legionaries a legion of Galatians; armed, trained, and...
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    legatus leg] IIXX Prj; III 14207.7, miles leg IIXX; and III 10471-3, a vexillation drawn from four German legions including 'XVIII PR' – surely here the...
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    dispatched across the empire, from the eastern provinces to Britannia. The Vexillation Dacorum Parthica accompanied the emperor Septimius Severus during his...
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    •CAES •L •SEP • • • PERTINAX •ET •IMPC • • AVR •ANTONINV • • • • VS • • • • • • • • •  • • • •HORTE • • • VEXILLATION • • • • • FECERVNT SVB • • • • •...
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  • Dacia located on Sânpetru Hill, Hunedoara, Romania. The garrison was a vexillation of Legion XIII Gemina. List of castra Primăria Municipiului Hunedoara...
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    Publius Juventius Rufus, stationed in Berenike. AD 39 / 40 – A detachment (vexillation) of Leg III was sent up to the northern coast of Gaul (France) to assist...
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