Legio V Macedonica

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Legio V Macedonica was a long-serving Roman legion, originally raised by Julius Caesar, that fought in numerous key campaigns across the Roman Empire from the late Republic through the early Imperial period.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Legio V Macedonica canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman legion ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
activeFrom 1st century BCE ⓘ
allegiance Julius Caesar ⓘ
Octavian ⓘ
linked to: Augustus

Roman emperors ⓘ
country Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
emblem bull ⓘ
eagle ⓘ
engagedAgainst Dacians ⓘ
linked to: Dacian tribes

Germanic tribes ⓘ
Jewish rebels ⓘ
Macedonian forces ⓘ
Parthian Empire ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
longLived true ⓘ
namedAfter Macedonia ⓘ
linked to: Macedonia region
notableCommander Augustus ⓘ
Julius Caesar ⓘ
Marcus Aurelius ⓘ
Mark Antony ⓘ
Trajan ⓘ
notableFor long continuous service ⓘ
participation in major imperial campaigns ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Actium ⓘ
Battle of Pharsalus ⓘ
linked to: Pharsalus

Caesar’s Civil War ⓘ
Cantabrian Wars ⓘ
Dacian Wars ⓘ
Jewish–Roman War ⓘ
linked to: Jewish–Roman wars

Marcomannic Wars ⓘ
partOf Roman army ⓘ
raisedBy Julius Caesar ⓘ
role frontier defense ⓘ
offensive campaigning ⓘ
stationedAt Dacia ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Macedonia ⓘ
linked to: Macedonia region

Moesia ⓘ
Oescus ⓘ
Pannonia ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Troesmis ⓘ
timePeriod early Roman Empire ⓘ
late Roman Republic ⓘ
type legionary heavy infantry ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moesia Inferior → hadLegion → Legio V Macedonica ⓘ
Troesmis → garrisonedUnit → Legio V Macedonica ⓘ
Roman Dacia → legionStationed → Legio V Macedonica ⓘ