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Map of the Roman empire in AD 125, under emperor Hadrian, showing the Legio VIII Augusta, stationed on the river Rhine at Argentorate (Strasbourg, France), in Germania Superior province, from AD 75 to at least 371
Coin showing Claudius and Aquila of the V and VIII legions
Aureus struck in 193 by Septimius Severus to celebrate VIII Augusta, one of the legions supporting his fight for purple.

Legio VIII Augusta ("Augustus' Eighth Legion") was one of the oldest legions of the Imperial Roman army.[1]

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Legio VIII Augusta

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Legio VIII Augusta ("Augustus' Eighth Legion") was one of the oldest legions of the Imperial Roman army. They were ordered to Cisalpine Gaul around 58...

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Argentoratum

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military outpost established by Nero Claudius Drusus. From 90 AD the Legio VIII Augusta was permanently stationed there. The Romans under Nero Claudius Drusus...

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Battle of the Arar

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The Seventh (Legio VII Claudia), Eighth (Legio VIII Augusta), Ninth (Legio IX Hispana), Tenth legions (Legio X Equestris), Eleventh (Legio XI Claudia)...

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Legio II Augusta

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Legio II Augusta (lit. Second Legion "Augustus'") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army that was founded during the late Roman republic. Its emblems...

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Barbarian invasions into the Roman Empire of the 3rd century

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II Italica, legio II Parthica, III Italica, IIII Flavia, IIII Italica (under Alexander Severus), V Macedonica, VII Claudia, VIII Augusta, X Gemina, XI...

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List of Roman legions

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Legio VII Gemina Legio VIII Augusta: 59 BC – 48 BC, Julius Caesar, disbanded and re-enlisted by Augustus as Legio VIII Augusta Legio IX Hispana Triumphalis...

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Titus Avidius Quietus

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was appointed to the consulship are known. In 82 the veterans of Legio VIII Augusta stationed in Germania Inferior asked Quietus, who is described as...

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Legio XIII Gemina

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Legio XIII Gemina, in English the 13th Twin(s) Legion (either "Female Twin" or "Neuter Twins"); was a legion of the Imperial Roman army. It was one of...

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Battle of Bedriacum

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Vespasian as emperor in August. Three of these legions, III Gallica, VIII Augusta, and VII Claudia had been on their way to support Otho when they heard...

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Revolt of the Batavi

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Legio I Germanica Legio I Adiutrix Legio II Adiutrix Legio V Alaudae Legio VI Victrix Legio VIII Augusta Legio XI Claudia Legio XIII Gemina Legio XIV...

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Legio VI Victrix

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Legio VI Victrix ("Victorious Sixth Legion") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army founded in 41 BC by the general Octavian (who, as Augustus, later...

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Aquillia gens

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Achaia circa AD 52, had been decemvir stlitibus judicandis, tribune of the Legio VIII Macedonicae, quaestor, proquaestor in Cyprus, tribune of the plebs, and...

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Belgrade Fortress

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by the soldiers from the Legio VIII Augusta from 46 AD to 69. Early Singidunum reached its height with the arrival of Legio IV Flavia Felix which was...

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History of Strasbourg

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received its most extended and fortified shape. From the year 90 on, the Legio VIII Augusta was permanently stationed in the Roman camp of Argentoratum. It then...

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Singidunum

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by the soldiers from the Legio VIII Augusta from 46 AD to 69 AD. Early Singidunum reached its height with the arrival of Legio IV Flavia Felix which was...

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Jupiter Dolichenus

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much later, the cult is attested in Germany where a centurion of Legio VIII Augusta dedicated an altar in 191 at Obernburg in Germania Superior (CIL XIII...

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Battle of Bibracte

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then placed the Seventh (Legio VII Claudia), Eighth (Legio VIII Augusta), Ninth (Legio IX Hispana), and Tenth legions (Legio X Equestris), organized in...

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Gaius Calpurnius Flaccus

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Alföldy argues that Flaccus was legatus more likely of Legio II Augusta than Legio VIII Augusta, since no legates of the second unit are known to have...

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Tertinia gens

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for eighteen yars, twenty days. Tertinius Gessus, a veteran of the Legio VIII Augusta, buried at Lugdunum, along with his wife, Tertinia Amabilis, in a...

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Battle of the Sabis

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probably far less. Roman Republic – Julius Caesar's eight legions: VII, VIII, IX Triumphalis, X Equestris, XI, XII Victrix, XIII, XIV – auxiliaries: slingers...

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Aulus Egnatius Proculus

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('governor of the province of Numidia'), and was Legatus legionis of the Legio VIII Augusta stationed in Germania Superior. He was Praefectus frumenti dandi ('prefect...

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Maximinus Thrax

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accountant in the governor's office. Maximinus was the commander of the Legio IV Italica when Severus Alexander was assassinated by his own troops in...

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Legio X Gemina

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Zaragoza and Emerita Augusta, modern Mérida. The legion was sent to Carnuntum in Pannonia in about 63 AD (or a bit earlier) after legio XV Apollinaris left...

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Marcus Acilius Priscus Egrilius Plarianus

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He then received a commission as legatus legionis or commander of Legio VIII Augusta, at the time garrisoned at Argentorate. Corbier believes it was this...

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Abudia gens

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Venetia and Histria, built by Titus Albius Rufus, a soldier in the Legio VIII Augusta, either her son or son-in-law, and dating to the late first century...

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Gnaeus Pinarius Cornelius Clemens

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position he held from AD 72 to 75. Taking vexillations of the Legio VIII Augusta and the Legio XI Claudia, he undertook a campaign on the right bank of the...

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History of the Canton of Aargau

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stationing of Legio XI Claudia in Vindonissa. In 101 the military departed the camp, leaving behind a guard post of Legio VIII Augusta. Vindonissa was...

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Roman Aquileia

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Claudia; CIL V, 902, CIL V, 936, AE 1988, 587 and AE 1988, 585 of legio VIII Augusta. Tacitus, Historiae, III, 6. Tacitus, Historiae, II, 85. Suetonius...

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