XXX Ulpia Victrix supported Pannonian army commander, Septimius Severus, in his bid for purple. Pannonia is an ancient province of the Roman Empire bounded north and east by the Danube, coterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, Lucius Septimius Severus (or rarely Severus I) ( April 11 145 - February 4 211) was a Roman general and Roman Emperor The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC This denarius was struck in 193 to celebrate the legion. The Roman Currency system included the denarius (plural denarii) after 211 BC a small Silver coin, Events By Place Roman Empire January 1 — Pertinax is proclaimed Roman Emperor.

Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix was a Roman legion levied by the Emperor Trajan in 100 for the Dacian Wars. For other uses see Legion The Roman Legion (from Latin legio "military levy Conscription," Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus, commonly known as Trajan ( September 18 53 &ndash August 9 117) was a Roman Emperor who The legion was active until disbandment of the Rhine frontier in the beginning of the 5th century. The Rhine (Rhein Rijn Rhin Reno Rain Rhenus is one of the longest and most important Rivers in Europe at 1320 kilometres (820 mi with an average discharge The 5th century is the period from 401 to 500 in accordance with the Julian calendar in Anno Domini / Common Era. Their emblems were the gods Neptune and Jupiter and the Capricorn. Neptune (Neptūnus is the god of water and the sea in Roman mythology, a brother of Jupiter and Pluto. In Roman mythology, Jupiter was the king of the gods and the god of Sky and Thunder. Ulpia is Trajan's own gens (Ulpius), while the cognomen "Victrix" means "victorious", and was awarded after the valliant behaviour in the Dacian wars. In Ancient Rome, a gens (pl gentes) was a Clan, Caste, or group of Families, that shared a common name (the Ulpius, Roman Gens, including Marcus Ulpius Traianus (senator Ulpia Traiana - sister to the above mother of Publius

The legion's first base camp was in the province of Dacia in the Danube fronier, although it's likely that at least some of its legionaries took part in the Parthian campaigns of Trajan. Dacia, in ancient geography was the land of the Dacians. It was named by the ancient Hellenes ( Greeks) " Getae " The Danube (In Donau from earlier Danuvius, Celtic *dānu, meaning "to flow run" Slovak and Polish Dunaj The Roman legionary was a professional soldier of the Roman army after the Marian reforms of 107 BC. Parthia ( Middle Persian: اشکانیان Ashkâniân) was an Iranian civilization situated in the northeastern part of modern Iran In 122 they were moved to Colonia Ulpia Traiana (modern Xanten) in Germania Inferior, where they remained for the following centuries. Xanten ('ksantən is a historic Town in the North Rhine-Westphalia state of Germany, located in the district of Wesel. Germania Inferior was a Roman province located on the left bank of the Rhine, in today's southern and western Netherlands, parts of Their main tasks were public construction and police affairs.

In the 2nd century and the beginning of the 3rd century, units of the XXX Ulpia Victrix were allocated in Parthia, as well as Gaul, Mauretania and other Roman provinces, due to the peaceful situation in Germania Inferior. The 2nd century is the period from 101 to 200 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. The 3rd century is the period from 201 to 300 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. A vexillatio (plural vexillationes) was a detachment of a Roman legion formed as a temporary task force created by the Roman Army of the Parthia ( Middle Persian: اشکانیان Ashkâniân) was an Iranian civilization situated in the northeastern part of modern Iran Gaul (Gallia was the Roman name for the region of Western Europe comprising present day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western In Antiquity Mauretania was originally an independent Berber kingdom on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa (named after the In Ancient Rome, a province (Latin provincia, pl provinciae) was the basic and until the Tetrarchy (circa

In the civil war of 193, XXX Ulpia Victrix supported Septimius Severus, who granted them the title of Pia Fidelis ("faithful and loyal"). Events By Place Roman Empire January 1 — Pertinax is proclaimed Roman Emperor. Lucius Septimius Severus (or rarely Severus I) ( April 11 145 - February 4 211) was a Roman general and Roman Emperor

The legion was used by Emperor Alexander Severus in his 235 campaign against the Sassanids, and supported the Gallic Empire of Postumus (260-274). Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander, commonly called Alexander Severus, (October 1 208 &ndash March 18, 235) was the last Roman emperor Events By Place Roman Empire Pressure on Rome by Goths, Quadi, Sassanids Franks and Alemanni The Sassanid Empire or Sassanian Dynasty or Sassanian Dynasty (ساسانیان) is the name used for the third Iranian dynasty and the second Persian empire The Gallic Empire (in Latin Imperium Galliarum) is the modern name for the independent realm that existed from 260 to 273, during the For the alleged son of this emperor also called Postumus see Postumus Junior; for the son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa see Agrippa Postumus

With the re-organization of the Roman Army (Constantius I Chlorus), the legions guarding the border lost their importance to the comitatus, the main, cavalry-based army behind the limes. The Roman army was a set of military forces employed by the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic and later Roman Empire as part of the Roman military Flavius Valerius Constantius ( March 31 c 250&ndash July 25 306) was an emperor of the Western Roman Empire (305&ndash306 Comitatenses is the Latin plural of comitatensis, originally the adjective derived from Comitatus ('company party suite' in this military context it A limes (or the Limes Romanus) was a Border defense or delimiting system of Ancient Rome. The collapse of the Rhine frontier after 408-410 marked the end of the legion history.

See also

• List of Roman legions and Roman legion

External links

• livius.org account
• Legio XXX Ulpia Traiana Victrix, Italian re-enactment group
• Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix, Cohort I, 2nd Century Roman Legion based in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada