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Legio IV Flavia Felix
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Image:Antoninianus Carausius leg4-RIC 0069v.jpg 300px|thumb|[[Antoninianus minted under
Carausius. On the reverse, the lion, symbol of the legion, and the legend
LEG IIII FL.]]
'''Legio IV ''Flavia Felix''''' (''serene Flavian legion''), was a
Roman legion levied by
Vespasian in
70, from the ashes of the
Legio IV Macedonica Legio IV ''Macedonica''. The legion was active in
Moesia Moesia Superior in the first half of the
4th century. The legion symbol was a
Leo lion.
During the
Batavian rebellion, the IV ''Macedonica'' fought for Vespasian, but the emepror distrusted his men, probably because they had supported
Vitellius year of the four emperors two years before. Therefore the IV ''Macedonica'' was disbanded, and a new Fourth legion, called ''Flavian Felix'' was levied by the emperor, who gave the legio his
nomen, ''
Flavia''. Since the symbol of the legion is a lion, it was probably levied in July/August 70.
IV ''Flavia Felix'' was camped in ''
Burnum'',
Dalmatia (modern
Kistanje), where it replaced
Legio XI Claudia XI ''Claudia''. After the Dacian invasion of
86,
Domitian moved the legion to Moesia Superior, in ''
Singidunum'', although there is some evidence of the presence of this legion, of one of its ''
vexillationes'' in ''
Viminacium'', base of
Legio VII Claudia VII ''Claudia''. In
88 the Fourth partecipated to the retaliation invasion of Dacia; it also partecipated to the
Dacian Wars Dacian campaign of
Trajan, ended with the victory at the
battle of Tapae. It fought again across the
Danube in
165, under emperor
Lucius Verus campaign against the
Parthian Empire.
After the death of
Pertinax, the IV ''Flavia Felix'' supported
Septimius Severus against usurpers
Pescennius Niger and
Clodius Albinus.
Even if the legion fought in one of the several wars against the
Sassanids, it stayed in Moesia Superior until the first half of the
4th century.
See also
*
List of Roman legions
*
Roman legion
*
Legio IV Macedonica Legio IV ''Macedonica''
External links
-
livius.org account of Legio IIII Flavia Felix
Category:Roman legions 04 Flavia Felix
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