- A
vexillatio (pl.: vexillationes) was a
detachment of a
Roman legion formed as a
temporary task
force created by the
Roman army of the Prin****te. It was...
-
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...
- in any
battles while serving in Britain.
Castus could have
overseen vexillations of
troops guarding Hadrian's Wall, but his
inscriptions do not provide...
- even
during Agricola's term as
governor of
Britain although several vexillations of the
Legio II
Augusta fought in the
Battle of Mons Graupius. In 139...
-
composed of
Cohors XX
Palmyrenorum (which is
known more than the others),
vexillations from
Legio IV
Scythica Valeriana Galliena, III Cyrenaica, XVI Flavia...
-
along the
Roman border. This
invasion was
defeated by
local forces (
vexillations of the
Legio I
Adiutrix commanded by a
certain Candidus and the Ala Ulpia...
- 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...
- a
Comes Tingitaniae with a
field army
composed of two legions,
three vexillations, and two
auxilia palatina.
Flavius Memorius held this
office (comes)...
-
recruited into
auxiliary units and
dispatched across the empire. The
Vexillation Dacorum Parthica accompanied the
emperor Septimius Severus during his...
-
legion was
moved to Carnuntum,
where it sta**** for
three centuries. Some
vexillations or
subunits of the
Fourteenth fought in the wars
against the Mauri, under...
