Batavian Legion information

The Batavian Legion (légion batave or légion franche étrangère batave) was a unit of Dutch volunteers under French command, created and dissolved in 1793...

the summer of 69, Civilis was commander of the Batavian auxiliary troops allocated in the Rhine legions. He was aware of Roman military tactics which gave...

revolutionary army, serving under General Charles Pichegru and commanding the Batavian Legion. He actively supported the elevation of unitarian politician Pieter...

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and was the first Roman legion to comprise non-citizens. Historians disagree whether the legion was destroyed during the Batavian rebellion in AD 70, or...

needed] During the early Flanders Campaign, the exiles formed their own "Batavian Legion" that (like its Belgian equivalent) fought side by side with the armies...

a Batavian Legion, assisting in an invasion into the Dutch Republic by general Dumouriez. On 17 February 1793, the French troops and the Batavian Legion...

the legions XV Primigenia and V Alaudae returned to Castra Vetera (Xanten camp), where the Batavian rebellion was already in progress. Both legions were...

person from the Netherlands Batavian Legion: a unit of Dutch volunteers under French command, created and dissolved in 1793 Batavian Revolution: political,...

politics during the French Revolution. Valckenaer became involved in the Batavian Legion that fell afoul of the Jacobins, who distrusted foreigners. But eventually...

list of Roman legions, including key facts about each legion, primarily focusing on the Principate (early Empire, 27 BC – 284 AD) legions, for which there...

revolutionaries supported by the Batavian Legion (consisting of fled Patriots) conquered the Dutch Republic in 1795, founding the vassal Batavian Republic. The last...

The Batavian navy (Dutch: Bataafsche marine) was the navy of the Batavian Republic which was a continuation of the Staatse vloot (Dutch for Fleet of the...

surrendering during the Batavian rebellion (AD 70); Emperor Vespasian created a new legion, the XVI Flavia Firma. List of Roman legions Wikimedia Commons has...

people who achieved some prominence during the Batavian rebellion of AD 69–70, headed by the Romanized Batavian chieftain Gaius Julius Civilis, when she correctly...

the Batavian leaders by taking young Batavians as their slaves. Other Roman soldiers (like those in Xanten and the auxiliary troops of Batavians and Cananefates...

by giving him the post of adjunct-general for the reorganization of the Batavian Navy. In 1796, he was appointed vice-admiral and commander-in-chief of...

Macedonica. The legion was active in Moesia Superior in the first half of the 5th century. The legion symbol was a lion. During the Batavian rebellion, the...

captured. Two legions under Mummius Lupercus were defeated at Castra Vetera (near the modern Xanten) and surrounded. Eight cohorts of Batavian veterans joined...

end of the year. In 70, the legion was part of the army sent to deal with the Batavian rebellion and relieve the four legions imprisoned by Civilis. After...

French invasion. The family went into exile in London in 1795 following the Batavian Revolution. As compensation for the loss of his father's possessions in...