Legio XIV Gemina
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Legio XIV Gemina was a legion of the Imperial Roman army, levied by Julius Caesar in 57 BC. The cognomen Gemina was added when the legion was combined with another understrengthed legion after the Bat
Aureus minted in 193 by Septimius Severus, to celebrate XIIII Gemina Martia Victrix, the legion that proclaimed him emperor
Trajan's Dacian Wars
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Trajan's Dacian Wars were two military campaigns fought between the Roman Empire and the Dacians under King Decebalus during the reign of Emperor Trajan. The conflicts stemmed from repeated Dacian inc
Legio XIV Gemina
…Legio XXI was lost in AD 92, XIV Gemina was sent to Pannonia to replace it, setting up camp in Vindobona (Vienna). After a war with the Sarmatians and Trajan's Dacian Wars (101–106 AD), the legion was moved to Carnuntum, where it stayed for three centuries. Some vexillations or subunits of the Fourteenth fought in the…
Image of Victoria used to separate the two wars on Trajan's Column
Dacian Gold
Ruins of Trajan's Bridge
Battle scene between the Roman and Dacian armies