08-06-2013, 08:05 PM
Is there any way of identifying the two legions that Gaius Silius led against Sacrovir's gallic revolt in AD21?
Tacitus (Annals III.45) says "Silius, marching with two legions... moved at full speed upon Augustodunum. The march was a race between the standard-bearers, and even the private soldiers protested angrily against pausing for the usual rest or the long nightly bivouac."
Silius was legate of Germania Superior, so he had four to choose from - II, XIII, XIV and XVI.
There were also revolts among the Turones and Treviri. Jona Lendering's Livius mentions that "a mixed subunit of XXI Rapax and XX Valeria Victrix, commanded by an officer from I Germanica, was sent out to suppress the rebellion of the Turoni in Gaul" - does anyone (Jona?) have a reference for that?
Thanks - Nathan
Tacitus (Annals III.45) says "Silius, marching with two legions... moved at full speed upon Augustodunum. The march was a race between the standard-bearers, and even the private soldiers protested angrily against pausing for the usual rest or the long nightly bivouac."
Silius was legate of Germania Superior, so he had four to choose from - II, XIII, XIV and XVI.
There were also revolts among the Turones and Treviri. Jona Lendering's Livius mentions that "a mixed subunit of XXI Rapax and XX Valeria Victrix, commanded by an officer from I Germanica, was sent out to suppress the rebellion of the Turoni in Gaul" - does anyone (Jona?) have a reference for that?
Thanks - Nathan
Nathan Ross
