Guest Pornie Posted June 25, 2005 Report Share Posted June 25, 2005 How about the 13th legion. They were the ones who crossed the Rubicon with Caesar I believe. Ok, that doen't make them the greatest legion but I thought they schould be mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princeps Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 The ninth legion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquilifer Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 I reckon the Ninth too. For the worst, I mean. They marched into Valencia and never came back, as far as I can remember. I gather it was a pretty bad legion to begin with, and they probably mutinied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbow Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 I reckon the Ninth too. For the worst, I mean. They marched into Valencia and never came back, as far as I can remember. I gather it was a pretty bad legion to begin with, and they probably mutinied. Where do you get that info from? There are plenty of theories but nothing solid in the records. The Ninth was by no means one of the worst, gaining recognition under Augustus, and was probably one of the longest serving legions from the time of Caesar. They may have had a mauling from Boudicca's hordes, but some believe they held up Boudicca's superior numbers for a day, giving time for the rest of the legions to prepare and defeat Boudicca. They were cut from the register late on (which is also attributed to sketchy Victorian research). Maybe they were overwhelmed by vastly superior forces, and the remnants distributed to other legions - that's not too uncommon. Nor is it uncommon for defeated legions to be 'dropped' from the records in an attempt to play down a major defeat leading to disbandment, for the sake of public morale. Their omission from the list of legions at the time of Marcus Aurelius only means they had been disbanded before that time. Who really knows - it could have been retired with honours by then? Jim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquilifer Posted June 29, 2005 Report Share Posted June 29, 2005 You're probably right - I don't really know much about them except for a bit of passing research on British legions. I've never really looked into them in detail - the site I was reading seemed to think they'd been cursed by Boudicca or something, so your explanation seems a lot more likely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Centurio XXXI Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 XX Valeria Victrix has always been my personal favourite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incitatus Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 The tenth legion was the best. They followed Julius CAesar through thick and thin, proving they had amazing morale and they also conquered Gaul with him. They were relatively new though. The Prima Genia (first born) under Marius were amazing also! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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