Legio XX Siciliana

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The Legio XX Siciliana (Twentieth Sicilian Legion) was a legion in the Roman army of the late Republic and the Imperial Roman army.

History

The legion was stationed in Hispania Tarraconensis from 25 to 13 BCE. The legion was in Sicilia and Pannonia in 6 BCE.{{Cite book |last=D’Amato |first=Raffaele |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sjMVDAAAQBAJ&dq=Legio+XX+Siciliana&pg=PA13 |title=Roman Army Units in the Western Provinces (1): 31 BC–AD 195 |date=2016-06-16 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-4728-1538-5 |pages=13 |language=en}} It was disbanded in 41 BCE. Although, in 36 BCE the legion was reassembled for a campaign in Sicily.{{Cite book |last=Keppie |first=L. J. F. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TLDvWqjSfP8C&dq=Legio+XX+Siciliana&pg=PA250 |title=Legions and Veterans: Roman Army Papers 1971-2000 |date=2000 |publisher=Franz Steiner Verlag |isbn=978-3-515-07744-6 |pages=250 |language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Watkins|first=Thomas H.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xDhjDwAAQBAJ&dq=Legio+XX+Siciliana&pg=PT208|title=L. Munatius Plancus: Serving and Surviving in the Roman Revolution|date=2018-07-06|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-351-00612-5|language=en}}

Attested members

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!Name

!Rank

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Gaius Marius Stellatina

|Pedes

|30 BC - 1 BC

| [https://db.edcs.eu/epigr/epi_url.php?s_sprache=de&p_publication=AE+1988%2C+00396&r_sortierung=Belegstelle AE 1988, 00396]

Aulus Silanus

|Signifer

|40 BC - 1 BC

| [https://db.edcs.eu/epigr/epi_url.php?s_sprache=de&p_publication=CIL+09%2C+01625&r_sortierung=Belegstelle CIL 09, 01625]

See also

References

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20 Siciliana

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