Legio I Minervia

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Legio I Minervia was a Roman Imperial legion, founded by Emperor Domitian and named after the goddess Minerva, that was primarily stationed along the Rhine frontier and played a key role in the defense of the northern provinces.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Legio I Minervia canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman legion ⓘ
allegiance Imperial Roman army ⓘ
linked to: Roman army
country Roman Empire ⓘ
disbandedOrDestroyed early 5th century ⓘ
foundedBy Domitian ⓘ
Emperor Domitian ⓘ
linked to: Domitian
garrison Bonn ⓘ
Bonna ⓘ
Germania Inferior ⓘ
Rhine frontier ⓘ
inception AD 82 ⓘ
early reign of Domitian ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
location Bonn, Germany ⓘ
linked to: Bonn
mainRole defense of the northern provinces ⓘ
frontier defense ⓘ
namedAfter Minerva ⓘ
notableFor defense of the Rhine limes ⓘ
long-term garrison at Bonn ⓘ
operatedIn 1st century AD ⓘ
2nd century AD ⓘ
3rd century AD ⓘ
4th century AD ⓘ
participatedIn Domitian’s Chattan War ⓘ
Marcomannic Wars ⓘ
Trajan’s Dacian Wars ⓘ
linked to: Dacian Wars

Trajan’s Parthian campaign ⓘ
Year of the Five Emperors ⓘ
campaigns against the Chatti ⓘ
partOf Roman army on the Rhine ⓘ
patronDeity Minerva ⓘ
receivedTitle Pia Fidelis ⓘ
Pia Fidelis Domitiana ⓘ
religion Roman polytheism ⓘ
stationedIn Bonn ⓘ
Bonna ⓘ
Germania ⓘ
Germania Inferior ⓘ
Rhine frontier ⓘ
supported Emperor Domitian ⓘ
linked to: Domitian

Emperor Septimius Severus ⓘ
linked to: Septimius Severus

Emperor Trajan ⓘ
linked to: Trajan
symbol Minerva ⓘ
eagle ⓘ
helmeted head of Minerva ⓘ
owl ⓘ
typeOfUnit heavy infantry ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Germania Inferior → hadLegion → Legio I Minervia ⓘ
Germania Inferior → hadLegion → Legio I Minervia ⓘ
Bonna → garrisonedBy → Legio I Minervia ⓘ