Legio V Macedonica
V Mace. · Emblem: Eagle · Active
Founding
43 BC by Augustus.
Fate
Perhaps the longest-lived Roman legion, serving into the Byzantine period in Egypt and the Balkans.
Recorded stations and itinerary
- AD 6 – AD 101OescusStationed at Oescus (Moesia)
- AD 107 – AD 161TroesmisMoved to Troesmis (Moesia Inferior)
- AD 166 – AD 274PotaissaMoved to Potaissa (Dacia)
- AD 274 – AD 600OescusMoved to Oescus (Moesia)
Campaigns
- First Jewish–Roman War (AD 66) · alongside X Fret., XII Fulm., XV Apol.
- Trajan’s Dacian Wars (AD 101) · alongside II Adiu., IV Flav., XIII Gemi., XIV Gemi., XXX Ulpi.