Legio VI Victrix
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Legio VI Victrix was a legion of the Imperial Roman army founded in 41 BC by the general Octavian. It was the twin legion of VI Ferrata and perhaps held veterans of that legion, and some soldiers kept
Dedication to Sol Invictus by a vexillatio of the VIth, (Corbridge, Northumberland, 162–168).
Altar to Hercules, naming Gaius Vitellius Atticanus, Centurion of the Legio VI Victrix, at Whitley Castle (Epiacum) in southern Northumberland. Illustration by Thomas Sopwith, 1833. The altar is now in Bedford Museum.
Inscription from Wesel, dating to AD 50–60
León, Spain
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León is a city and municipality of Spain and the capital of the province of León located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. The city lies on the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, south
Legio VI Victrix
…Peninsula under Roman rule. The legion stayed in Spain for nearly a century and received the surname Hispaniensis, founding the city of Legio (modern-day León). Soldiers of this unit and X Gemina numbered among the first settlers of Caesaraugusta, what became modern-day Zaragoza. The cognomen Victrix (Victorious…
Catedral Gótica de León edited
AUDITORIO LEON edited
Panorámica del convento de San Marcos en León retouched
La Casa de los Botines de Antonio Gaudí en León edited