Legio XIX

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Legio XIX was a Roman legion that became most famous for being annihilated alongside two other legions in the disastrous Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Legio XIX canonical 7
Legio undevicesima 1
Roman legions XIX 1

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman legion
military unit
allegiance Imperial Roman Army
linked to: Roman army
associatedWith Legio XVII
Legio XVIII
commander Publius Quinctilius Varus
conflict Germanic Wars
country Roman Empire
dateOfDestruction 9 AD
era Early Roman Empire
fate annihilated in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
historicalSource Tacitus
Velleius Paterculus
languageOfName Latin
latinName Legio undevicesima
linked to: Legio XIX
legionNumber 19
militaryBranch Roman heavy infantry
notableEvent Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
notableFor complete destruction in ambush
opponent Cherusci
Germanic tribes
opponentCommander Arminius
reasonForDisbandment loss in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
sharedFateWith Legio XVII
Legio XVIII
status disbanded
symbolicConsequence Roman decision not to expand permanently east of the Rhine
theatreOfOperations Germania
timePeriod 1st century AD
type legionary infantry formation

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Clades Variana involvedUnit Legio XIX
Publius Quinctilius Varus commanded Roman legions XIX
linked to: Legio XIX
Legio XVII destroyedAlongWith Legio XIX
Legio XIX latinName Legio undevicesima
linked to: Legio XIX