XIII Gemina		Update	2016-11-20
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1	Real-Encyclopädie article Legio by Ritterling	p.1710-1727
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History	from 58 BC to 284 AD
Date	Action	Legionary HQ	Modern name	Province	Comment
57 BC	raised by Caesar in Gallia Cisalpina
57-45	Caesar's Gallic and civil wars
45	demobilised
41	reformed by Octavian
38-36	Octavian's campaigns vs Sextus Pompeius
30	reformed by Octavian from 2 legions (2x13th ?)				title Gemina = twin
30	moved to the Balkans			Illyricum
15	Tiberius' conquest of the Alps	Emona	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Pannonia
6-9 AD	Pannonian revolt
9	transferred to the Rhine	Mogontiacum	Mainz	Germania
16/17	moved to Vindonissa	Vindonissa	Windisch in Schweiz	Germania Superior
45/46	moved to Pannonia	Poetovia	Ptuj	Pannonia Superior	to replace VIII Augusta
69	supported Otho, surrendered to Vitellius				1st battle of Bedriacum
69	returned to Poetovia and again marched on Rome supporting Vespasian				2nd battle of Bedriacum
69-70	suppressed Civilis' Batavian revolt
70	returned to Poetovia	Poetovia	Ptuj	Pannonia Superior
80s	moved to new base at Vindobonna	Vindobona	Vienna	Pannonia Superior
86-88	Domitian's Dacian war				battle of Tapae
92-93	Domitian's war against the Suebians and Sarmatians
101-106	Trajan's Dacian wars
106	in Dacia	Apulum	Alba Iulia, Romania	Dacia
118	Hadrian's Sarmatian war
118	Dacia split into 3 provinces	Apulum	Alba Iulia, Romania	Dacia Superior
158	war vs the Dacians and Sarmatian Iazyges
166-180	M.Aurelius Marcomannic wars
183	Commodus' Dacian war				title Pia Constans and Pia Fidelis
193-194	supported Septimius Severus in civil war (vexillation)				battle of Issus
195-197	Septimius Severus' Parthian campaign (vexillation)
211/217	titled Antoniniana after Caracalla
222/235	titled Severiana after Alexander Severus
238/244	titled Gordiana after Gordian III
260s/270s	wars against the Alamanni (vexillation)
260s	titled Pia VI Fidelis VI by Gallienus
271	when Dacia was abandoned moved to Moesia	Ratiara	Arcar, Bulgaria	Dacia Ripensis	ex Moesia
284	still in Moesia	Ratiara	Arcar, Bulgaria	Dacia Ripensis