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6 Tiberius
makes Carnuntum his base of operations against Maroboduus; The Roman legion XX ''Valeria Victrix'' fights with Tiberius against the Marcomanni
.
66 Emperor Nero
creates the legion
I ''Italica''
69 First Battle of Bedriacum: Vitellius defeats Otho's legions
, Otho commits suicide.
70 Roman legions V ''Alaudae'' and XV ''Primigenia'' are destroyed during the Batavian rebellion
. Later, Potillius Cerealis puts down the Batavian rebellion
of Civilis.
150 The Roman army consists of 400,000 men. Of these, there are ten legions
(55,000 men) and 140 auxiliary units (80,000 men, of which half are cavalry) based in the Balkans
and along the Danube
; 50,000 legionaires and auxiliaries in Britain
; 45,000 in Germany
; 20,000 men in Egypt
; and 10,000 in Africa
and Numidia
.
179 Roman legionaries
engraved on the rock of the Trencín Castle (Slovakia
) the name of the town ''Laugaritio'', marking the northernmost point of Roman presence in that part of Europe.
185 Pertinax
quells the mutiny of the British
Roman legions.
193 Before entering Rome, Severus avenges the death of Pertinax by disarming and sacking the Praetorian guard. Prior to this, the Praetorian guard was staffed with recruits from Italy
, from now on it will be staffed by members drawn from the provincial legions
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