Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix

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Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix was a Roman imperial legion founded by Emperor Trajan that became a key military force on the empire’s northwestern frontier, particularly in the lower Rhine region.

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Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix canonical 2

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman legion ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
allegiance Emperor Trajan ⓘ
linked to: Trajan

Nerva–Antonine dynasty ⓘ
Severan dynasty ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Roman Empire ⓘ
conflict Dacians ⓘ
linked to: Dacian tribes

Germanic tribes along the Rhine ⓘ
Parthian Empire ⓘ
country Roman Empire ⓘ
describedIn Notitia Dignitatum ⓘ
Roman military inscriptions ⓘ
dissolved late 4th century CE (approximate) ⓘ
foundedBy Emperor Trajan ⓘ
linked to: Trajan
garrison Castra Vetera ⓘ
Colonia Ulpia Traiana ⓘ
Vetera II (near modern Xanten, Germany) ⓘ
linked to: Xanten
hasEmblem Capricorn (attributed) ⓘ
Neptune (attributed) ⓘ
linked to: Neptune
hasEpitheton Ulpia ⓘ
Victrix ⓘ
linked to: Valeria Victrix
hasLatinName Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix ⓘ
hasNumber 30 ⓘ
hasPart auxiliary troops ⓘ
legionaries ⓘ
headquartersLocation Colonia Ulpia Traiana (near modern Xanten) ⓘ
heritageStatus important component of the Roman Rhine army ⓘ
inception c. 105 CE ⓘ
location near modern Xanten, North Rhine–Westphalia, Germany ⓘ
militaryBranch Imperial Roman army ⓘ
linked to: Roman army
motto Ulpia Victrix ⓘ
namedAfter Emperor Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus) ⓘ
linked to: Trajan
notableWork construction projects in Lower Germania ⓘ
participatedIn Marcomannic Wars ⓘ
Parthian campaigns of Trajan ⓘ
Trajan’s Dacian Wars ⓘ
linked to: Dacian Wars

civil wars of the 2nd and 3rd centuries CE ⓘ
suppression of the Bar Kokhba revolt (possibly via detachments) ⓘ
partOf Roman forces on the Rhine frontier ⓘ
stationedIn Germania Inferior ⓘ
Lower Germania ⓘ
linked to: Germania Inferior

lower Rhine frontier ⓘ
supported Emperor Gallienus ⓘ
linked to: Gallienus

Emperor Septimius Severus ⓘ
linked to: Septimius Severus
timePeriod 2nd century CE ⓘ
3rd century CE ⓘ
4th century CE ⓘ
usedFor construction of military infrastructure ⓘ
frontier defense ⓘ
offensive campaigns ⓘ
road and fort building ⓘ

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

Germania Inferior → hadLegion → Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix ⓘ
Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix → hasLatinName → Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix ⓘ