12-05-2008, 10:11 PM
If I may again quote from my own article, VIIII Hispana was probably near the Danube twice:
Quote:In 83, a subunit of VIIII Hispana fought against the Chatti, a Germanic tribe near Mainz in Germania Superior. Perhaps as many as 1,000 men were away from Britain, which seems to have caused some difficulties during Agricola's war. It is possible, perhaps likely, that a subunit took part in Trajan's invasion of Dacia, but this is not proven.This was not the unit's first visit to the Balkans:
Quote:the legion was at Pannonia, where it is firmly attested in 14, the year of the death of Augustus. Here, in the city of Siscia (modern Sisak) on the confluence of the rivers Colapis (Kupa) and Savus (Sava), it permanently stayed until 43.All this from Ritterling and Le Bohec.