VI Ferrata		Update	5.11.2016
Sources
1	Real-Encyclopädie article Legio by Ritterling	p.1587-1596
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History	from 30 BC to 284 AD
Date	Action	Legionary HQ	Modern name	Province	Comment
58 BC	Caesar's 6th legion in Gaul
58-45	Caesar's Gallic and civil wars
52	first mention
48	fought for Caesar at Dyrrhacium and Pharsalus
48-47	with Caesar in Alexandria and Pontus
42	battle of Philippi				called Ferrata ( = ironclad)
42-31	part of M.Antonius' army				possibly called Macedonica
40-33	M.Antonius' Parthian wars				possibly called 6th Macedonica
31	fought for M.Antonius at Actium
30	in Syria			Syria
19 AD	mentioned as near Laodicaea	Apamea ?	on the Orontes	Syria
58-63	Corbulo's Parthian war
66	under Cestius Gallus vs 1st Jewish revolt (vexillation)
69	marched on Rome, supporting Vespasian				2nd battle of Bedriacum
by 72	returned to Syria	Samosata	Samsat	Syria
72	conquest of Commagene
105-106	Trajan's 2nd Dacian war (vexillation)
113-117	Trajan's Parthian campaign
115-117	Jewish revolt on Egypt ?
119	in garrison of Arabia			Arabia
132-135	2nd Jewish revolt
133/134	stationed in Galilee	Caparcotna	Lejjun	Syria Palestina
163-166	Lucius Verus' Parthian wars ?
166-180	M.Aurelius' Marcomannic wars (vexillation)
193-194	Septimius Severus' civil war against Niger				titled Fidelis Constans
195-197	Septimius Severus' Parthian campaign (likely)
260	Valerian's campaign against the Persians
284	still in Judaea