Legio XVI Gallica
Roman legion
Legio XVI Gallica ("Gallic Sixteenth Legion") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army.[1] The legion was recruited by Julius Caesar's adopted son, Octavian in 41/40 BC. It was disbanded after surrendering during the Batavian rebellion (AD 70);[2] Emperor Vespasian created a new legion, the XVI Flavia Firma.
Attested members
Name | Rank | Time frame | Province | Source |
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Quintus Trebellius Catulus | legatus legionis | between 39 and 54 | Germania | CIL VI, 31771 |
Lucius Cornelius Pusio Annius Messalla | legatus legionis | before 69 | Germania | CIL VI, 31706 |
Numisius Rufus | legatus legionis | 69-70 | Germania | Tacitus, Histories IV.22, 59, 70, 77 |
Publius Quinctius | tribunus angusticlavius | during the Triumvirate? | ? | CIL VI, 3533 |
Claudius Sanctus | tribunus angusticlavius | 69 | Germania | Tacitus, Histories, IV.62 |
Marcus Helvius Geminus | tribunus laticlavius | between 38 and 54 | Germania | CIL III, 6074 |
See also
External links
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- "Legio XVI Gallica" on livius.org (Last accessed 2 January 2020)
References
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Roman legions
- Legio I Adiutrix
- Legio I Armeniaca
- Legio I Flavia Constantia
- Legio I Germanica
- Legio I Illyricorum
- Legio I Iovia
- Legio I Isaura Sagittaria
- Legio I Italica
- Legio I Macriana liberatrix
- Legio I Maximiana
- Legio I Minervia
- Legio I Parthica
- Legio II Adiutrix
- Legio II Armeniaca
- Legio II Augusta
- Legio II Flavia Constantia
- Legio II Flavia Virtutis
- Legio II Gallica
- Legio II Herculia
- Legio II Isaura
- Legio II Italica
- Legio II Parthica
- Legio II Traiana Fortis
- Legio III Augusta
- Legio III Cyrenaica
- Legio III Diocletiana
- Legio III Gallica
- Legio III Isaura
- Legio III Italica
- Legio III Parthica
- Legio IV Flavia Felix
- Legio IV Italica
- Legio IV Macedonica
- Legio IV Martia
- Legio IV Scythica
- Legio V Alaudae
- Legio V Iovia
- Legio V Macedonica
- Legio V Parthica
- Legio VI Ferrata
- Legio VI Herculia
- Legio VI Hispana
- Legio VI Victrix
- Legio VII Claudia
- Legio VII Gemina
- Legio VIII Augusta
- Legio IX Hispana
- Legio X Equestris
- Legio X Fretensis
- Legio X Gemina
- Legio XI
- Legio XI Claudia
- Legio XII Fulminata
- Legio XIII Gemina
- Legio XIV Gemina
- Legio XV Apollinaris
- Legio XV Primigenia
- Legio XVI Flavia Firma
- Legio XVI Gallica
- Legio XVII
- Legio XVIII
- Legio XIX
- Legio XX Siciliana
- Legio XX Valeria Victrix
- Legio XXI Rapax
- Legio XXII Deiotariana
- Legio XXII Primigenia
- Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix
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