XXII Primigenia		Update	2016-11-27
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1	Real-Encyclopädie article Legio by Ritterling	p.1797-1820
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History	from 58 BC to 284 AD
Date	Action	Legionary HQ	Modern name	Province	Comment
39 AD	raised by Caligula for his invasion of Britain				numbered 22nd to honor 21st legion
40/43	based at Mogontiacum	Mogontiacum	Mainz	Germania Superior
69	supported Vitellius with vexillation				2nd battle of Bedriacum
69-70	fought against Civilis in his Batavian revolt (rest of legion)
69	vexillation sent from Italy to Danube
70/71	moved by Vespasian to Vetera	Vetera	Xanten	Germania Inferior
89	with 3 other legions defeated Saturninus' revolt				I Min, VI Vic, X Gem
89	called "XXII Primigenia Pia Fidelis Domitiana"				"dutiful, loyal, of Domitian"
96	dropped "Domitiana" after Domitian's murder
by 96	moved back to Mogontiacum	Mogontiacum	Mainz	Germania Superior
115-117	Trajan's Parthian wars (vexillation)
119-120	campaign in Britain (vexillation)
c.150	war vs the Moors in Africa (vexillation)
161-166	Lucius Verus' Parthian wars (vexillation)
166-180	M.Aurelius' Marcomannic wars (vexillation)
192	called Commodiana after Commodus
196-197	Septimius Severus' civil war vs Clodius Albinus				battle of Lugdunum
197	Septimius Severus' 2nd Parthian war (vexillation)
208-209	Septimius Severus' campaign in Britain (vexillation)
213	Caracalla's war vs the Alamanni				earned title Antoniniana
233	Severus Alexander's Persian war (vexillation)				earned title Alexandriana
235	Severus Alexander's German war
238/244	called Gordiana
246	Philip the Arab's Dacian war				earned title Philippiana
260's	honored by Gallienus with title "VI/VII Pia VI/VII Fidelis"				for support vs Postumus
267-269	Gallienus' Gothic wars (vexillation)
268-270	supported the Gallic emperor Victorinus
284	still at Mogontiacum