V Macedonica		Update	4.11.2016
Sources
1	Real-Encyclopädie article Legio by Ritterling	p.1572-1586
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History	from 30 BC to 284 AD
Date	Action	Legionary HQ	Modern name	Province	Comment
c.43 BC	raised by Octavian (uncertain)
30	in Macedonia, where it got it's title
29-27	conquest of Moesia
BC	possibly temporarily named V Scythica				or error for IV Scythica
6 AD	moved to Moesia	Oescus	Gigen, Hungary	Moesia
62	transferred to Cappadocia for Armenian campaign			Pontus
66-71	Jewish revolt			Judaea
68-71	based at	Emmaus Nicopolis	Imwas	Judaea
71	returned to Moesia	Oescus	Gigen, Hungary	Moesia
86	Moesia split into two provinces	Oescus	Gigen, Hungary	Moesia Inferior
86-89	Domitian's Dacian wars
101-106	Trajan's Dacian wars
107	returned to Moesia	Troesmis	Turcoaia, Romania	Moesia Inferior
115-117	Trajan's Parthian wars (vexillation)
132-135	2nd Jewish revolt (vexillation)
161-166	L.Verus' Parthian war (vexillation)
c.167	moved to Dacia	Potaissa	Turda, Romania	Dacia Porolissensis
166-180	M.Aurelius' Marcomannic wars
183	Commodus' Dacian war
after 183	received titles Pia Fidelis and Pia Constans by Commodus				"Dutiful and Loyal" and "Reliable"
193-194	supported Septimius Severus  vs Niger (vexillation)
195-197	Septimius Severus' Parthian campaign (vexillation)
211/218	titled Antoniniana
238/244	titled Gordiana
244/249	titled Philippiana pia fidelis
244-245	campaign against the Carpi
250s	titled III Pia III Fidelis by Valerian
260s	titled VI/VII Pia VI/VII Fidelis by Gallienus
271	withdrawn to Moesia when Dacia was abandoned	Oescus	Gigen, Hungary	Moesia Inferior
284	still in Moesia	Oescus	Gigen, Hungary	Moesia Inferior