Legio XII Fulminata

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Roman legion

Legio XII Fulminata was a Roman legion, famed for its long service on the eastern frontiers of the empire and its role in various campaigns from the late Republic through the early Imperial period.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Legio XII	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman legion ⓘ
activePeriod	1st century AD ⓘ 1st century BC ⓘ 2nd century AD ⓘ 3rd century AD ⓘ
allegiance	Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
alternativeName	Legio Fulminata NERFINISHED ⓘ Legio XII Fulminatrix NERFINISHED ⓘ Twelfth Thunderbolt Legion NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Roman Empire ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ
dateOfFormation	58 BC ⓘ
famedFor	long service on the eastern frontiers ⓘ participation in major Roman campaigns from late Republic to early Empire ⓘ
formedDuringConflict	Gallic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
garrison	Melitene NERFINISHED ⓘ
legionNumber	XII ⓘ
namedAfter	Jupiter NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	defeat at Beth Horon during the First Jewish–Roman War ⓘ reorganization and continued service after defeat in Judaea ⓘ
participatedIn	Battle of Beth Horon (66 AD) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Bibracte NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Dyrrhachium NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Gergovia NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Pharsalus NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Zela NERFINISHED ⓘ Caesar’s Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ First Jewish–Roman War NERFINISHED ⓘ Gallic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Jewish–Roman War NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman–Armenian campaigns NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman–Parthian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryTheaterOfOperations	Eastern frontier of the Roman Empire ⓘ
province	Cappadocia NERFINISHED ⓘ
raisedBy	Gaius Julius Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	field army ⓘ frontier defense ⓘ
servedUnder	Augustus NERFINISHED ⓘ Domitian NERFINISHED ⓘ Hadrian NERFINISHED ⓘ Julius Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ Tiberius NERFINISHED ⓘ Trajan NERFINISHED ⓘ Vespasian NERFINISHED ⓘ
stationedIn	Armenia Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ Cappadocia NERFINISHED ⓘ Melitene NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhenish frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbol	thunderbolt ⓘ
typeOfUnit	heavy infantry ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape → RomanInscriptionMentions → Legio XII Fulminata ⓘ

Battle of the Sabis → RomanLegionsPresent → Legio XII Fulminata ⓘ

this entity surface form: Legio XII

Miracle of the Rain → associatedWith → Legio XII Fulminata ⓘ

Roman province of Cappadocia → stationedLegions → Legio XII Fulminata ⓘ

Melitene → wasHeadquartersOf → Legio XII Fulminata ⓘ