Map of the Roman empire in AD 125, under emperor Hadrian, showing the Legio XI Claudia, stationed on the river Danube at Durostorum (Silistra, Bulgaria), in Moesia Inferior.
Active
58 BC to at least 425 AD
Country
Roman Republic, Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire
Type
Roman legion
Role
Heavy Infantry
Size
Varied: Approximately 4800 men with officers, staff and 120 man cavalry detachment in the 1st Century AD.
Gallic Wars Battle of the Sabis Battle of Alesia Caesar's Civil War Battle of Dyrrhachium (48 BC) Battle of Pharsalus Liberators' civil war Battle of Philippi Final War of the Roman Republic Battle of Actium First Battle of Bedriacum Second Battle of Bedriacum Revolt of the Batavi Trajan's Dacian Wars Bar Kokhba Revolt Battle of Issus (194) Battle of Ctesiphon (198)
Commanders
Notable commanders
Julius Caesar Augustus Mark Antony Otho Vespasian Trajan Septimius Severus
Military unit
Legio XI Claudia ("Claudius' Eleventh Legion") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army. The legion was levied by Julius Caesar for his campaign against the Nervii. XI Claudia dates back to the two legions (the other was the XIIth) recruited by Julius Caesar to invade Gallia in 58 BC, and it existed at least until the early 5th century, guarding lower Danube in Durostorum (modern Silistra, Bulgaria).
LegioXIClaudia ("Claudius' Eleventh Legion") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army. The legion was levied by Julius Caesar for his campaign against...
Although it is sometimes stated they were members of the 11th Legion (LegioXIClaudia), Caesar never states the number of the legion concerned, giving only...
XII) to centurio in four different legions: Legio XIV Gemina, LegioXIClaudia, Legio II Augusta and Legio VII Gemina. Additionally, he was ordinatus architectus...
named after real-life Centurions Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo of the LegioXIClaudia. The show includes a fictional incident where the legion's eagle standard...
Seventh (Legio VII Claudia), Eighth (Legio VIII Augusta), Ninth (Legio IX Hispana), Tenth legions (Legio X Equestris), Eleventh (LegioXIClaudia) and Twelfth...
cohorts of Legio V Macedonica, cohorts of LegioXIClaudia, cohorts of Legio XII Fulminata and cohorts of Legio IV Flavia Felix, along with 30–50 auxiliary...
Romania) and sent it to Provincia Iudaea, or what is Judea, along with LegioXIClaudia, in order to put down an insurrection that broke out in the 16th year...
legio II Parthica, III Italica, IIII Flavia, IIII Italica (under Alexander Severus), V Macedonica, VII Claudia, VIII Augusta, X Gemina, XIClaudia Pia...
(originally formed from the LegioXIClaudia pia fidelis, Moesia); Secundani Italiciani (originally formed from the Legio II Italica, Africa); Tertiani...
and Sarmatians. The garrison of Moesia Secunda included Legio I Italica and LegioXIClaudia, as well as independent infantry units, cavalry units, and...
stone during the reign of Trajan by vexillations of legions Legio I Italica and LegioXIClaudia. Although the original layout of the Trajanic fort is largely...
Legio IV Flavia Felix ("Lucky Flavian Fourth Legion"), was a legion of the Imperial Roman army founded in AD 70 by the emperor Vespasian (r. 69–79) from...
the first century. Cicereius Ascanius, a centurion primipilus in the LegioXIClaudia, named in an inscription from Burnum in Dalmatia, dating to the early...
Caesar's personal legion LegioXIClaudia: 58 BC – 45 BC, Julius Caesar (emblem: Neptune), disbanded, reconstituted by Augustus Legio XII Victrix (Victorious):...
Dacian Wars the fort was enlarged into a legionary fortress for the LegioXIClaudia who stayed there from before 114 until c. 400. It became an important...
the camp was restored by a vexillatio of the Legio I Italica: it hosted a detachment of the LegioXIClaudia at the end of the 2nd century. In this century...
Trajan brought two more, Legio X Gemina and LegioXIClaudia, and created two new legions, Legio II Traiana Fortis and Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix. The Roman...
Rev. Herbert Musurillo, S.J. writes that Julius likely served in the LegioXIClaudia. Julius was Christian his entire military career. In accordance with...
top of which he occupied himself, along with the Eleventh (LegioXIClaudia) and Twelfth (Legio XII Fulminata) legions and all his auxiliaries. His baggage...
under both the triumvirates, and by Vespasian, who settled veterans of LegioXIClaudia (whence the name Bovianum Undecumanorum, to distinguish it from Bovianum...
century AD, and reused during the 4th century AD. Some stamped bricks of LegioXIClaudia Pia Fidelis from Durostorum, specific to the Trajan era, were discovered...
colony was protected by a vexillatio of the Legio I Italica; it also hosted a detachment of the LegioXIClaudia at the end of the 2nd century. The camp was...
appearance is in Tacitus, who tells us that Bassus was commander of the LegioXIClaudia, stationed in Dalmatia. Tacitus states that Bassus manipulated the...
the site, and the founding of the city of Tropaeum. After 105, LegioXIClaudia and Legio V Macedonica were moved to Dobruja, at Durostorum and Troesmis...
a legion. Bassus sought a military career. First he was legatus of LegioXIClaudia from 99 to 101. This was followed by command of a vexillation drawn...
and the stationing of LegioXIClaudia in Vindonissa. In 101 the military departed the camp, leaving behind a guard post of Legio VIII Augusta. Vindonissa...
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