Talk:List of Roman legions

message: XXVth Legio participated in Battle of Soissons (486) in North Gaul in 486 under command of Syagrius and was defeated. --Dojarca (talk) 05:06, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
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message: It should be noted that although many of the legionary origins and lineages referred to in the article represent the hypotheses of major scholars in the field (Parker, Keppie inter alia), they are by no means as firmly attested as the article suggests. The authors are very firm on the speculative natures of many of their conclusions. As an example, it is in no way provable that Caesar's Leg X Equestris is the organizational ancestor of the Augustan Leg X Fretensis. It is merely a reasonable speculation. It is also speculation that the legions named Gemina ('twinned') are Augustan/Antonian fusions post-Actium. Although this hypothesis has legs based in the political situation and on the fact that all the Geminas are Augustan, it is again not ultimately verifiable. 
Speculative dates of origin, where given, need to be substantiated by citation. In the article, many Late Imperial units seem to be attributed to the years 296-297 without source. 
Nomenclature raises issues of translation. Although names like 'Augusta', 'Gallica', 'Illyricorum', 'Deiotariana' are straightforward enough, others are less so. (XX "Valeria Victrix" was long thought to mean 'Conquering Valerian', (a family name, cf Graves 'Claudius the God'), but mainstream opinion now holds that it means Valiant and Victorious, paired with its sister XIV 'Martial and Victorious' and awarded simultaneously for their joint victory over Boudicca. 
The Late Imperial series 'Flavia Constantia' is here translated as 'reliable Flavian' and attributed to the year of origin 296 0r 297 and the Emperor Diocletian. However 'Flavius' is the gentile name of the House of Constantine, so it is far more probably that the name refers either to Flavius Constantius (Chlorus) which at least makes 297-298 credible, or else - more likely in my view - the whole series were new foundations by his son Constantine the Great after - possibly well after - 305. 
74.12.75.53 (talk) 06:49, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dating and Nomenclature: Some Important Issues 

message: The table of legions has "Legio VII Claudia Pia Fidelis: 51 BC–44 BC"
Elsewhere in []
"In 58 BC, ... Caesar had initially four veteran legions under his direct command: Legio VII, Legio VIII, Legio IX Hispana, and Legio X. "
Suggesting the Seventh Legion must have been founded by 58BC.
Again [] has "The Seventh, the Sixth, the Eighth and the Ninth were all founded by Pompey in Spain in 65 BC."
Kevin Blackburn 80.177.14.38 (talk) 18:36, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Legio VII contradictions 

message: hello andrew havel.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.191.135.65 (talk) 18:44, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
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message: Much of the introductory text is redundant and is covered in Roman Legion, so should be condensed with the focus on the list.
The list in the section "Late Republican legions" starting "The legions included in the following list had a long enough history to be somehow remarkable" is rather arbitrary, incomplete and sometimes wrong. So this should be removed as the main list is the focus.Rjdeadly (talk) 11:41, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
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message: The List of Late Republican Legions and the Late Empire legions are categorized in bullet points. The Early Empire legions are categorized using a table. This should be corrected. Each list should be in the same style. Ewf9h-bg (talk) 00:03, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Different Styles of Listing the Legions