Legio IV Macedonica

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Legio IV Macedonica was a Roman legion originally raised by Julius Caesar that served prominently in the late Republic and early Empire, particularly in the Balkans and eastern provinces.

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Label Occurrences
Legio IV Macedonica canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman legion ⓘ
military unit of ancient Rome ⓘ
activeIn Balkans ⓘ
eastern Roman provinces ⓘ
allegiance Julius Caesar ⓘ
commandStructure Roman army ⓘ
country Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
formationPeriod late Roman Republic ⓘ
foughtAgainst Pompey the Great ⓘ
foughtAt Battle of Actium ⓘ
foughtInRegion Greece ⓘ
Hispania ⓘ
linked to: Hispania (probable)
garrisonRole frontier defense ⓘ
provincial security ⓘ
laterAllegiance Imperial Roman army ⓘ
linked to: Roman army
legionNumber IV ⓘ
loyaltyShiftedTo Octavian ⓘ
linked to: Augustus
namedAfter Macedonia ⓘ
notableTheaterOfOperations Danube frontier ⓘ
linked to: Danubian frontier

Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
participatedIn Caesar’s Civil War ⓘ
Final War of the Roman Republic ⓘ
primaryFunction field army operations ⓘ
raisedBy Julius Caesar ⓘ
religion Roman polytheism ⓘ
secondaryFunction construction and engineering tasks ⓘ
occupation duties ⓘ
servedUnder Julius Caesar ⓘ
Octavian Augustus ⓘ
linked to: Augustus

early Julio-Claudian emperors ⓘ
sideInConflict Populares ⓘ
size approximately 4800–6000 legionaries ⓘ
stationedAt Argentorate ⓘ
Burnum ⓘ
Germania Superior ⓘ
Macedonia ⓘ
Moesia ⓘ
Singidunum ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
timeOfProminence 1st century AD ⓘ
1st century BC ⓘ
tookPartIn Roman campaigns in the East ⓘ
Roman conquest of the Balkans ⓘ
typeOfUnit legionary heavy infantry ⓘ
usedLanguage Latin ⓘ

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Legio IV Flavia Felix → precededBy → Legio IV Macedonica ⓘ