VIII Augusta		Update	2016-11-13
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1	Real-Encyclopädie article Legio by Ritterling	p.1642-1664
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History	from 30 BC to 284 AD
Date	Action	Legionary HQ	Modern name	Province	Comment
58 BC	8th legion commanded by Caesar in Gaul
58-45	Caesar's Gallic and civil wars
46/45	legion demobilised and veterans received land
44	reformed by Octavian from veterans
43	fought against M.Antonius at Mutina				legion titled Mutinensis
42	fought for Octavian at battle of Philippi
41	Octavian's siege of Perusia
31	? battle of Actium (likely, no evidence)
30	no evidence for where legion was placed
15/14	inscription in Beirut uses title Gallica
by 6 AD	moved to Pannonia-Noricum
6-9	Pannonian revolt
6-9	title Augusta first attested
9	based at	Poetovia	Ptuj	Pannonia
14	involved in mutiny after Augustus' death
43	vexillation with Claudius in Britain ?
by 45	stationed in Moesia	Novae	Svistov, Bulgaria	Moesia
46	conquest of Thracia
c.57	Nero gave legion title "bis Augusta" for valorous service				wars against various tribes on Danube
68	tile "bis Augusta" dropped after Nero's death
69	supported Otho and marched for Italy, but too late
69	supported Vespasian				2nd battle of Bedriacum
70	put down the Civilis' Batavian revolt in Gaul
70	moved to Germania by Vespasian		Mirebeau, Burgundy	Gallia Lugdunensis
83 or 89	moved to base at Argentoratum	Argentoratum	Strasbourg	Germania Superior
83	Domitian's war against the Chatti
119	vexillation sent to Britannia to put down revolt
166-180	M.Aurelius' Marcomannic wars
185/187	received title "Pia Fidelis Constans Commoda"				reason unknown
192	after Commodus' murder "Commoda" was dropped
193	supported Septimius Severus
196-197	Septimius Severus' civil war against Clodius Albinus
211/217	titled Antoniniana after Caracalla
213	Caracalla's war against the Alamanni
222-235	titled Severiana Alexandriana after Alexander Severus
233	Severus Alexander's Persian campaign (vexillation)
235	Severus Alexander's German campaign
260's	honored by Gallienus with title "V Pia V Fidelis"				also titled VI and VII.
284	still in Germania	Argentoratum	Strasbourg	Germania Superior