Legio I Pontica

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The Legio I Pontica was a legion of the Roman army. The legion symbol is unknown.

The Legion was set up by Diocletian (284-305) at the beginning of his reign. In 288 she was stationed in Kolybrassos under her praefectus legionis Aurelius Victor in order to pacify the region together with the Isaurian legions. In 297 the Legion was stationed in the newly created province of Pontus Polemoniacus in Trabzon , where it probably replaced a vexillation of the Legio XV Apollinaris . Here their task was to protect the coastal areas from looting by pirate Goths and Borani .

In the early 5th century the praefectus legionis primae Ponticae was stationed in Trapezunta under the command of the Dux Armeniae .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ AE 2006, 1553 .
  2. ^ Karl field: Barbarian citizens. The Isaurians and the Roman Empire. , de Gruyter, Berlin 2005, ISBN 978-3-11-018899-8 (Millennium Studies, Vol. 8)., p. 93; see: Paul Erdkamp (ed.): A companion to the Roman army , Wiley-Blackwell, 2007, ISBN 978-1-4051-2153-8 , p. 257
  3. ^ Emil Ritterling: Legio (I Pontica) . In: RE Volume XII, 2, Stuttgart 1925, Sp. 1437; see. CIL 3, 6746 .
  4. ↑ Jona Lendering: Legio I Pontica In: Livius.org (English)
  5. ^ Paul Erdkamp (Ed.): A companion to the Roman army , Wiley-Blackwell, 2007, ISBN 978-1-4051-2153-8 , p. 254.
  6. ↑ Notitia Dignitatum Orientis XXXVIII

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