XX Valeria Victrix		Update	2017-11-17
Sources
1	Real-Encyclopädie Vol. XII (1925) article Legio by Emil Ritterling		p.1769-1781
2	Malone, Stephen James: "Legio XX Valeria Victrix: Prosopography, archaeology and history", British Archaeological Reports S1491, Oxford 2006
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History	from 58 BC to 284 AD
Date	Action	Legionary HQ	Modern name	Province	Comment
49 BC	probably raised by Caesar in Italy for civil war
45	probably demobilised
41/40	probably reraised by Octavian				? titled XX Siciliana (36 BC naval war ?)
30	probably stationed in Spain			Hispania
27-19	Cantabrian wars in Spain			Hispania
13	possibly already in Illyricum			Illyricum	tombstones at Aquileia and Trieste
6 AD	attested in Illyricum			Illyricum
6-9	Pannonian Revolt	Siscia	Sisak in Croatia	Pannonia
9	stationed in Dalmatia	Burnum	Kistanje	Dalmatia
9	after Varus' disaster transferred to the Rhine			Germania
14	mutinied after Augustus' death	Oppidum Ubiorum	Köln	Germania Inferior
14-16	Germanicus' campaigns in Germania	Oppidum Ubiorum	Köln	Germania Inferior
post 16	on the Rhine	Novaesium	Neuss	Germania Inferior
21	suppressed revolt of the Turoni in Gaul (vexillation)
43	invasion of Britain				possibly received title Valeria to honour Claudius' wife Valeria Messalina
43	stationed in Britain	Camulodunum	Colchester	Britannia
48	moved to fight the Silures under Caratacus		Kingsholm	Britannia	near Gloucester
49-54	based at	Glevum	Gloucester	Britannia
c.55-c.67	legion (or part of) stationed at	Burrium	Usk	Britannia
60-61	Boudiccan revolt (vexillation)				possibly received both titles now
c.66-88	based at	Viroconium	Wroxeter	Britannia
c.67-70s	OR based at	Deva	Chester	Britannia
69	a vexillation fought for Vitellius				2nd battle of Bedriacum
70-73/74	legion commanded by Cn. Iulius Agricola
c.73/74	? partially based at	Viroconium	Wroxeter	Britannia
77	Agricola's conquest of Anglesey	Deva	Chester	Britannia
77-84	Agricola's campaigns vs northern British tribes
83	Domitian's war against the Chatti (vexillation)
c.83/84	based at least partially at	Luguvalium	Carlisle	Britannia
83/84-87/88	possibly partially based at		Inchtuthil	Scotland	fort never completed
88/89	based at	Deva	Chester	Britannia
90	first attestation of title Valeria Victrix				Valorous and Victorious
196-197	army of Clodius Albinus in Gaul				battle of Lugdunum
197	returned to Deva after Albinus' defeat
213/222	titled Antoniniana after Caracalla and Elagabal
213	split of province in two separate provinces	Deva	Chester	Britannia Superior
222/235	titled Severiana or Severa after Severus
238/244	titled Gordiana after Gordianus
249/251	titled Deciana after Decius
265/267	titled V(ictoriniana)
268-270	supported the Gallic emperor Victorinus
284	still in Britain
287/289	titled Victrix Augusta by Carausius
c.395	not mentioned in Notitia Dignitatum
note	never called XX Valeria, but often XX Victrix