From Marc Anthonys XVII to Varus XVII

[Chance1234]

Was just reading through http://www.livius.org/le-lh/legio/xvii.html and was wondering how plausible it could be that

the XVII at the time of the battle of teturborg forest , shared its history with Marc Anthonys XVII rather than being created by augustus.

any further reading links would be greatly appreciated.

regards

[Praefectusclassis]

Hi Chance,
As Jona says, it's possible, but the sources for this legion are so minimal, that it must always be speculation. IIRC the existence of a Legio XVII Classica in Antony's army is solely based on a coin in his famous legionary denarii series which mentions this legion. That is it. There is after that NO evidence for a legio XVII apart from the logical reasons Jona mentioned.