05-31-2007, 11:55 AM
Quote:As far as I know, legio V Alaudae was destroyed by Dacians in 86 AD. It took serious losses during Batavian revolt, but was not destroyed or disbanded. In 70 AD it was transferred to Moesia, where legion met its destiny in 86 AD. The legionary aquila was took by Dacians and returned to Romans during Trajan's siege of Apulum. Anyway, legion was not reconstituted again.
We know that V Alaudae was severely mauled during the events of AD 69. The absence of any evidence of its survival after that date suggests that it ceased to exist by AD 70.
There is no particular reason to link its disappearance with the defeat of Cornelius Fuscus in AD 86.
