Legio V Urbana

The Legio V Urbana was a legion of the Roman army that was founded in 43 BC. BC by the consul Gaius Vibius Panza Caetronianus for the Senate party to fight in the civil war against the Caesarians under Mark Antony .

In contrast to the other newly created senatorial legions (Legio I, Legio II Sabina , Legio III and Legio IIII Sorana ), Legio V Urbana did not move out, but was held back to protect the Urbs (city) of Rome , from which its name Urbana derives derives.

It existed until 31 BC. BC and after the Battle of Actium probably merged with the Legio V Macedonica . The veterans of the Legio V Urbana were settled in Ateste (now Este ) in northern Italy.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Lesley Adkins: Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome , Sonlight Christian, 2004, ISBN 0-8160-5026-0 , pp. 57-59.
^ Lawrence JF Keppie: The making of the Roman Army. From Republic to Empire , University of Oklahoma Press, Oklahoma 1998, ISBN 978-080613014-9 , p. 199.
↑ Lawrence JF Keppie: Legions and veterans: Roman army papers 1971-2000 (Mavors. Roman Army Researches Volume 12), Steiner, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 978-3-515-07744-6 , p. 151.
^ Emil Ritterling : Legio (V Urbana). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XII, 2, Stuttgart 1925, Sp. 1587.

literature

Emil Ritterling : Legio (V Urbana). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XII, 2, Stuttgart 1925, Sp. 1587.

Web links

Emil Ritterling: Legio V Urbana (English translation)

[Les57-1] Lesley Adkins: Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome , Sonlight Christian, 2004, ISBN 0-8160-5026-0 , pp. 57-59.

[2] Lawrence JF Keppie: The making of the Roman Army. From Republic to Empire , University of Oklahoma Press, Oklahoma 1998, ISBN 978-080613014-9 , p. 199.

[3] Lawrence JF Keppie: Legions and veterans: Roman army papers 1971-2000 (Mavors. Roman Army Researches Volume 12), Steiner, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 978-3-515-07744-6 , p. 151.

[emil-4] Emil Ritterling : Legio (V Urbana). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XII, 2, Stuttgart 1925, Sp. 1587.