Legio XIV Gemina

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Roman legion military unit of ancient Rome

Legio XIV Gemina was a distinguished Roman legion, renowned for its key role in the conquest and defense of the Roman Empire’s northern frontiers, particularly in the Danube region.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Legio XIV Gemina canonical 5
Legio XIV 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman legion ⓘ
military unit of ancient Rome ⓘ
allegiance Roman army ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Roman army
baseAfter1stCentury Carnuntum ⓘ
surface form: Carnuntum in Pannonia
cognomen Gemina ⓘ
Martia Victrix ⓘ
conflict Batavian revolt ⓘ
Caesar’s civil war ⓘ
surface form: Caesar’s Civil War

Dacian Wars ⓘ
Gallic Wars ⓘ
Marcomannic Wars ⓘ
Year of the Four Emperors ⓘ
country Roman Empire ⓘ
culture Roman military culture ⓘ
etymologyOfCognomen Gemina indicates a legion formed by amalgamation ⓘ
formationDate 58 BC ⓘ
garrison Britannia ⓘ
Carnuntum ⓘ
Mogontiacum ⓘ
Pannonia ⓘ
Upper Germany ⓘ
Vienna ⓘ
surface form: Vindobona
honoraryTitle Martia Victrix ⓘ
honoraryTitleMeaning warlike and victorious ⓘ
languageOfCommand Latin ⓘ
loyaltyReputation considered one of the most reliable legions of the Empire ⓘ
mergedFrom two earlier legions ⓘ
notableAction decisive role in crushing the Boudican revolt in Britain ⓘ
key role in defending the Danube limes ⓘ
notableCommander Domitian ⓘ
Julius Caesar ⓘ
Trajan ⓘ
Vespasian ⓘ
originalName Legio XIV Gemina self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Legio XIV
participatedIn Roman conquest of Gaul ⓘ
Roman conquest of Britain ⓘ
surface form: Roman invasion of Britain

suppression of the Boudican revolt ⓘ
primaryTheater Danubian frontier ⓘ
surface form: Danube frontier

northern frontiers of the Roman Empire ⓘ
provinceStationedLongTerm Pannonia Superior ⓘ
raisedBy Julius Caesar ⓘ
role conquest of northern provinces ⓘ
defense of the Danube frontier ⓘ
roleInCivilWar helped Vespasian gain the imperial throne ⓘ
standardSymbol Capricorn ⓘ
bull ⓘ
statusInLateEmpire still attested in the 4th century ⓘ
supportedClaimant Vespasian ⓘ
typeOfUnit heavy infantry ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pannonia → legionStationed → Legio XIV Gemina ⓘ
Batavian revolt → hasParticipant → Legio XIV Gemina ⓘ
Conquest of Britain → hasParticipant → Legio XIV Gemina ⓘ
Battle of the Sabis → RomanLegionsPresent → Legio XIV Gemina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legio XIV
Carnuntum → garrisonedUnit → Legio XIV Gemina ⓘ
Pannonia Superior → militaryUnitStationed → Legio XIV Gemina ⓘ
Legio XIV Gemina → originalName → Legio XIV Gemina self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legio XIV