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Legio XVIII

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allies, reported a rebellion in the Rhine area. Without suspecting the information received, Varus took his three legions, the XVIII along with
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of the equestrian units, an honorary title. Augustean period, Museo Epigrafico, Terme di Diocleziano, Rome.
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led by Arminius ambushed the governor's army. All three legions were destroyed in what is known as the
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After their destruction, the Romans never used these legion numbers (XVII, XVIII and XIX) again.
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Funerary inscription for Gaius Pompeius Proculus, third son of Gaius,
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for his campaign against the Parthians, but never delivered.
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in the Rhine to take part in the enormous army led by
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Index


Tribunus Militum
Praefectus Fabrum

Epitaph
Marcus Caelius
legion
Imperial Roman army
Augustus
Legio XVII
Legio XIX
Battle of Teutoburg Forest
cognomen
Sextus Pompeius
Second Triumvirate
Rome's grain supply
Mark Antony
Cleopatra
battle of Actium
Gaul
Germania
provinces
Drusus
Tiberius
Publius Quinctilius Varus
Arminius
Cheruscan
XVII
XIX
Osnabrück

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