The legions of Deva Victrix

Two legions occupied Deva for the entirety of its career as a legionary fortress: Legio II Adiutrix and Legio XX Valeria Victrix. II Adiutrix was founded in March 70 as several constitution diplomas show (CIL 16.10, CIL 16.11, AE 2002 1733) and was immediately dispatched to participate in ending Julius Civilis’ revolt (Tacitus Histories 4.68, AW XV.2). From there it was despatched to Britain. Under Sextus Julius Frontinus it founded Deva in the mid-70s. It continued that work under the next governor, Gnaeus Julius Agricola. In ca. AD 88, II Adiutrix was moved to the Danube frontier by Domitian; at Deva, its place was taken by XX Valeria Victrix. That legion was one of the foundation legions of Augustus, probably founded after 31 BC although the origins of its epithet…

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