| I Minervia | Update | 29.09.2016 | |||
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| 1 | Real-Encyclopädie article Legio by Ritterling | p.1420-1434 | |||
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| History | from 30 BC to 284 AD | ||||
| Date | Action | Legionary HQ | Modern name | Province | Comment |
| c.83 AD | raised by Domitian for the war against the Chatti | Bonna | Bonn | Germania Inferior | called I Flavia Minervia. Minerva was Domitian's favorite goddess. |
| 89 | with 3 other legions defeated Saturninus' revolt | VI Vic, X Gem, XXII Pg | |||
| 89 | called I Flavia Minervia Pia Fidelis Domitiana | "dutiful, loyal, of Domitian" | |||
| 96 | after Domitian's muder became I Minervia Pia Fidelis | ||||
| 101-106 | Trajan's Dacian wars | ||||
| 106/107 | moved back to the Rhine | Bonna | Bonn | Germania Inferior | |
| 161-166 | L.Verus' Parthian war | ||||
| 166/167 | moved back to the Rhine | Bonna | Bonn | Germania Inferior | |
| 166-180 | M.Aurelius' Marcomannic wars | ||||
| 193-197 | fought for Septimius Severus in civil wars | ||||
| 197-198 | Septimius Severus' 2nd Parthian war (vexillation) | ||||
| 198-208 | vexillation at Lugdunum as occupying force after civil war | Lugdunum | Lyons | Gallia Lugdunensis | but legion HQ still Bonna |
| 208-211 | ? vexillation in Septimus Severus' campaigns in Britannia | ||||
| 211/222 | received title "Antoniniana" from Elagabalus | ||||
| 222 | dropped "Antoniniana" after Elagabalus's murder | ||||
| 231 | mentioned with title "Severiana Alexandriana" | ||||
| 235 | after Alexander Severus' death named I Minervia Maximiniana Pia Fidelis Antoniana. | ||||
| 238 | When Maximinus was murdered legion dropped "Maximiniana" replaced by "Gordiana" | ||||
| 256-258 | Gallienus awarded title "VI Pia VI Fidelis" | ||||
| 284 | still on the Rhine | Bonna | Bonn | Germania Inferior |