Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix

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Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix was a Roman imperial legion founded by Emperor Trajan that became a key military force on the empire’s northwestern frontier, particularly in the lower Rhine region.

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Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman legion
military unit
allegiance Emperor Trajan
linked to: Trajan

Nerva–Antonine dynasty
Severan dynasty
appliesToJurisdiction Roman Empire
conflict Dacians
linked to: Dacian tribes

Germanic tribes along the Rhine
Parthian Empire
country Roman Empire
describedIn Notitia Dignitatum
Roman military inscriptions
dissolved late 4th century CE (approximate)
foundedBy Emperor Trajan
linked to: Trajan
garrison Castra Vetera
Colonia Ulpia Traiana
Vetera II (near modern Xanten, Germany)
linked to: Xanten
hasEmblem Capricorn (attributed)
Neptune (attributed)
linked to: Neptune
hasEpitheton Ulpia
Victrix
linked to: Valeria Victrix
hasLatinName Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix
hasNumber 30
hasPart auxiliary troops
legionaries
headquartersLocation Colonia Ulpia Traiana (near modern Xanten)
heritageStatus important component of the Roman Rhine army
inception c. 105 CE
location near modern Xanten, North Rhine–Westphalia, Germany
militaryBranch Imperial Roman army
linked to: Roman army
motto Ulpia Victrix
namedAfter Emperor Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus)
linked to: Trajan
notableWork construction projects in Lower Germania
participatedIn Marcomannic Wars
Parthian campaigns of Trajan
Trajan’s Dacian Wars
linked to: Dacian Wars

civil wars of the 2nd and 3rd centuries CE
suppression of the Bar Kokhba revolt (possibly via detachments)
partOf Roman forces on the Rhine frontier
stationedIn Germania Inferior
Lower Germania
linked to: Germania Inferior

lower Rhine frontier
supported Emperor Gallienus
linked to: Gallienus

Emperor Septimius Severus
linked to: Septimius Severus
timePeriod 2nd century CE
3rd century CE
4th century CE
usedFor construction of military infrastructure
frontier defense
offensive campaigns
road and fort building

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Germania Inferior hadLegion Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix
Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix hasLatinName Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix