Denarius issued by Mark Antony celebrating Legio X
Active
61 BC to after 31 BC
Country
Roman Republic
Type
Roman legion (Marian)
Role
Infantry assault (some cavalry support)
Size
Varied over unit lifetime. Approx. 5,000 soldiers, 6,000 men including support, at the time of creation.
Nickname(s)
Equestris, "mounted" Veneria, "devoted to Venus"
Mascot(s)
Bull
Engagements
Gallic Wars (58–51 BC)
Battle against the Nervians (57 BC)
Battle against Ariovistus (58 BC)
First invasion of Britain (55 BC)
Battle of Gergovia (52 BC)
Battle of Alesia (52 BC)
Caesar's Civil War
Battle of Ilerda (49 BC)
Battle of Dyrrhachium (48 BC)
Battle of Pharsalus (48 BC)
Battle of Thapsus (46 BC)
Battle of Munda (45 BC)
Antony's Parthian War
Final War of the Roman Republic
Battle of Actium (31 BC)
Commanders
Notable commanders
Julius Caesar (Campaign) Mark Antony (Campaign) Gaius Crastinus (Centurion)
Military unit
Legio X Equestris, a Roman legion, was levied by Julius Caesar in 61 BC when he was the Governor of Hispania Ulterior. The Tenth was the first legion levied personally by Caesar and was consistently his most trusted. Legio X was famous in its day and throughout history, because of its portrayal in Caesar's Commentaries and the prominent role the Tenth played in his Gallic campaigns.[1][2] Its soldiers were discharged in 45 BC. Its remnants were reconstituted, fought for Mark Antony and Octavian, disbanded, and later merged into X Gemina.[3]
Caesar once used the legionaries as cavalry. See also LegioXEquestris In the Gallic Wars, XEquestris played an important role on Caesar's military success...
Equestris (Latin for "mounted") may refer to: LegioXEquestris, a Roman legion Nyon, a town in Switzerland, called "Equestris" during Roman times This...
The Seventh (Legio VII Claudia), Eighth (Legio VIII Augusta), Ninth (Legio IX Hispana), Tenth legions (LegioXEquestris), Eleventh (Legio XI Claudia)...
in his scutum. Caesar was so impressed, he promoted Scaevus to his LegioXEquestris and continued to serve after the death of the tenth's Primus Pilius...
with him Legio V Alaudae, Legio VI Ferrata and LegioXEquestris. Soon we find Octavian's army boasting of a Legio V (the later Macedonica), Legio VI (the...
Civil War against Pompey. One of Caesar's most loyal legions was the LegioXEquestris, which was largely recruited from among the population of Cisalpine...
VIII, IX Triumphalis, XEquestris, XI, XII Victrix, XIII, XIV – auxiliaries: slingers, archers, javelinmen and cavalry. The IX and X legions formed the left...
Pompeian fleet. The veterans of Julius Caesar's Legions Legio XIII Gemina and LegioXEquestris demobilize. The veterans of the 10th legion are settled...
re-enlisted by Augustus as Legio IX Hispana LegioX Fretensis (of the sea strait): levied by Augustus in 41–40 BC LegioXEquestris (Equestrian): before 58 BC...
was crossed by the river Aude. Surviving members of Julius Caesar's LegioXEquestris were given lands in the area that today is called Narbonne. [citation...
his life. Caesar took command of his right wing, where his favorite LegioXEquestris was involved in heavy fighting. With Caesar's inspiration the tenth...
military tribunes in the LegioXEquestris. Lucius Tillius C. f. C. n. Rufus, a former military tribune with the LegioXEquestris, was one of the duumvirs...
Pompeian fleet. The veterans of Julius Caesar's Legions Legio XIII Gemina and LegioXEquestris demobilize. The veterans of the 10th legion are settled...
Dando-Collins (2002). Caesar's legion: the epic saga of Julius Caesar's elite LegioXEquestris. Wiley. pp. 50–69 Dando-Collins. Caesar's legions. 52–68 The Fifteen...
placed the Seventh (Legio VII Claudia), Eighth (Legio VIII Augusta), Ninth (Legio IX Hispana), and Tenth legions (LegioXEquestris), organized in Roman...
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name of the owner Fabricius, who was perhaps a veteran from Caesar's LegioXEquestris), in 947 there is a reference to In villa Fabriciano, in 1222 to Castrum...
command the three new legions that he raised in 197 for his Parthian War, Legio I, II & III Parthica Gallienus (r. 253–268 AD) completed the process by...
IX legion (later called Hispania) veterans of his Gallic Wars the X legion (Equestris, later called Gemina) veterans of his Gallic Wars the XI legion (later...
detachments (milites liburnarii) of the legio XIV Gemina and the legioX Gemina at Carnuntum and Arrabonae, and of the legio II Italica at Ioviacum. In Pannonia...
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