Legio IV Macedonica

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Legio IV Macedonica was a Roman legion originally raised by Julius Caesar that served prominently in the late Republic and early Empire, particularly in the Balkans and eastern provinces.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman legion
military unit of ancient Rome
activeIn Balkans NERFINISHED
eastern Roman provinces
allegiance Julius Caesar NERFINISHED
commandStructure Roman army
country Roman Empire
Roman Republic
formationPeriod late Roman Republic
foughtAgainst Pompey the Great NERFINISHED
foughtAt Battle of Actium NERFINISHED
foughtInRegion Greece NERFINISHED
Hispania NERFINISHED
garrisonRole frontier defense
provincial security
laterAllegiance Imperial Roman army NERFINISHED
legionNumber IV
loyaltyShiftedTo Octavian NERFINISHED
namedAfter Macedonia NERFINISHED
notableTheaterOfOperations Danube frontier NERFINISHED
Eastern Mediterranean NERFINISHED
participatedIn Caesar’s Civil War NERFINISHED
Final War of the Roman Republic NERFINISHED
primaryFunction field army operations
raisedBy Julius Caesar NERFINISHED
religion Roman polytheism
secondaryFunction construction and engineering tasks
occupation duties
servedUnder Julius Caesar NERFINISHED
Octavian Augustus NERFINISHED
early Julio-Claudian emperors
sideInConflict Populares
size approximately 4800–6000 legionaries
stationedAt Argentorate NERFINISHED
Burnum NERFINISHED
Germania Superior NERFINISHED
Macedonia NERFINISHED
Moesia NERFINISHED
Singidunum NERFINISHED
Syria NERFINISHED
timeOfProminence 1st century AD
1st century BC
tookPartIn Roman campaigns in the East
Roman conquest of the Balkans NERFINISHED
typeOfUnit legionary heavy infantry
usedLanguage Latin

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Legio IV Flavia Felix precededBy Legio IV Macedonica