Legio VII Claudia

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Moesia Superior
province, from AD 58 until the 4th century
Gallienus coin, celebrating LEG VII CLA VI P VI F (Seventh legion Claudia, six times faithful, six times loyal, and bearing the bull, symbol of the legion, on the reverse.

Legio VII Claudia (

Latin for "The 7th Claudian Legion") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army
.

History

According to H.M.D. Parker, the first legion

Caesar's invasions of Britain, and played a crucial role in the Battle of Pharsalus
in 48 BC.

At one point Caesar's Legio VII was disbanded, and it veterans settled at

Octavian had need of soldiers and recalled its members to service, where they fought in the Battle of Mutina.[3] Its early nickname Macedonia attested in four inscriptions may reflect it was at the Battle of Philippi; otherwise, this attests that the imperial Legio VII was stationed in Macedonia before it was redeployed to Dalmatia.[3]

The legion was present in Dalmatia when

Syria between AD 55 and 62, Legio VII Claudia was moved to Moesia to replace it.[5]

During the

Second Battle of Bedriacum.[8]

Following Vespasian's victory over Vitellius, Legio VII Claudia was ordered back to Moesia.

Moesia Inferior.[10] The legion existed at least until the end of the 4th century, guarding the middle Danube
.

Tiberius Claudius Maximus, the Roman soldier who brought the head of Decebalus to the emperor Trajan, was serving in Legio VII Claudia. An inscription in Pompeii revealed that a certain Floronius also served in the seventh legion. The inscription says: "Floronius, privileged soldier of the 7th legion, was here. The women did not know of his presence. Only six women came to know, too few for such a stallion."

Attested members

Name Rank Time frame Province Source
Caius Iulius Urbanis Princep c. 25 BCE Hispania Carved into the wall at the Cova d Aigua,

Montgo Massif, Denia, Spain.

Tettius Julianus legatus 68-69 Moesia Tacitus, Histories, I.79
Plotius Grypus legatus 69-70 Moesia Tacitus, Histories, III.52; IV.39, 40
Veturius Paccianus[11] legatus c. 168
Moesia Superior
Gaius Memmius Fidus Julius Albius[12] legatus c. 180/182 Moesia Superior CIL VIII, 12442 = ILS 1110
Gaius Caesonius Macer Rufinianus[12] legatus c. 187/190 Moesia Superior CIL XIV, 390 = ILS 1182
Marcus Laelius Maximus[13] legatus 195 Moesia Superior CIL III, 8103
Publius Palpellius Clodius Quirinalis military tribune c. 50 Moesia CIL V, 533
Lucius Vipstanus Messalla military tribune 69 Moesia Tacitus, Histories, III.9
Galeo Tettienus Severus Marcus Eppuleius Proculus Tiberius Caepio Hispo military tribune between 85 and 90 CIL V, 5813
Lucius Valerius Proculus military tribune 1st half 2nd century Moesia Superior CIL II, 1970
Gaius Valerius Florinum military tribune 1st half 2nd century Moesia Superior CIL XIV, 2957
Gaius Vettius Gratus Sabinianus[14] military tribune c.205 Moesia Superior
Tiberius Claudius Maximus vexillarius between 85 and 90 AE 1985, 721

See also

References

  1. ^ Parker, The Roman Legions (1957), p. 51
  2. ^ Caesar, Bellum Gallicum 2.23
  3. ^ a b Parker, Roman Legions, p. 267
  4. ^ Parker, Roman Legions, p. 94
  5. ^ Parker, Roman Legions, p. 135
  6. ^ Gwyn Morgan, 69 A.D. the Year of Four emperors (Oxford: University Press, 2006), p. 190
  7. ^ Morgan, 69 A.D, p. 197
  8. ^ Morgan, 69 A.D, p. 205
  9. ^ Parker, Roman Legions, p. 144
  10. ^ CIL VI, 3492 = ILS 2288
  11. ^ Géza Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand unter der Antoninen (Bonn: Rudolf Habelt Verlag, 1977), p. 300
  12. ^ a b Paul M. M. Leunissen, Konsuln und Konsulare in der Zeit von Commodus bis Severus Alexander (Amsterdam: J.C. Gieben, 1989), p. 340
  13. ^ Leunissen, Konsuln und Konsulare, p. 341
  14. ^ Inge Mennen, Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193-284 (2011) p. 127

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