Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
After the disaster of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, the legion was sent as reinforcements to Germania Inferior, where they shared the base camp of "Castra Vetera" (Xanten) with V "Alaudae". Both Legio V and Legio XXI were involved in a mutiny in AD 14. In 43, they were relocated in "Vindonissa", in the province of Germania Superior.