Legio XVI Flavia Firma
Legio XVI Flavia Firma ("Steadfast Flavian Sixteenth Legion") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army. The legion was created by Emperor Vespasian in 70 from the remains of the XVI Gallica (which had surrendered in the Batavian rebellion). The unit still existed in the 4th century, when it guarded the Euphrates border and camped in Sura (Syria). The emblem of the legion was a Pegasus,[1][2] although earlier studies assumed it to have been a lion.[3]
Attested members
[edit]| Name | Rank | Time frame | Province | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucius Cornelius Pusio Annius Messalla | legatus | before 70 | CIL VI, 37056 | |
| Lucius Domitius Apollinaris[4] | legatus | c. 84-87 | IGR III.558 = TAM II.569 | |
| Lucius Neratius Proculus[5] | legatus | c. 138 | CIL IX, 2457 | |
| Gaius Septimius Severus[5] | legatus | c. 155 | ||
| Lucius Fabius Cilo[6] | legatus | between 180 and 184 | CIL VI, 1408 = ILS 1141; CIL VI, 1409 = ILS 1142 | |
| Lucius Marius Perpetuus[6] | legatus | after 200 | CIL III, 1178 = ILS 1165; CIL III, 6709 = ILS 5899 | |
| Publius Tullius Varro[7] | tribunus laticlavius | 110/115 | CIL XI, 3364 | |
| Marcus Accenna Helvius Agrippa | tribunus laticlavius | 2nd century | CIL II, 1262 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Oliver Stoll: Römisches Heer und Gesellschaft. Gesammelte Beiträge 1991–1999, Steiner, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-515-07817-7, pp. 66f.
- ^ Marion Meyer: Die Personifikation der Stadt Antiocheia: ein neues Bild für eine neue Gottheit, de Gruyter, Berlin-New York 2006, p. 246.
- ^ For example, Yann Le Bohec: Die römische Armee von Augustus zu Konstantin dem Großen, Steiner, 1993, ISBN 3-515-06300-5, p. 287.
- ^ Bernard Rémy, Les carrières sénatoriales dans les provinces romaines d'Anatolie au Haut-Empire (31 av. J.-C. - 284 ap. J.-C.) (Istanbul: Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes-Georges Dumézil, 1989), pp. 253f
- ^ a b Géza Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand unter der Antoninen (Bonn: Rudolf Habelt Verlag, 1977), p. 301
- ^ a b Paul M. M. Leunissen, Konsuln und Konsulare in der Zeit von Commodus bis Severus Alexander (Amsterdam: J.C. Gieben, 1989), p. 344
- ^ Anthony Birley, The Fasti of Roman Britain (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1981), pp. 239f
External links
[edit]- livius.org account Archived 2015-03-30 at the Wayback Machine
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