Legio VI Victrix
VI Vict. · Emblem: Bull · Active
Founding
41 BC by Augustus.
Fate
Famous as the legion that built and guarded Hadrian's Wall; evaporated or integrated into local forces as Rome abandoned Britain.
Recorded stations and itinerary
- 31 BC – AD 70HispaniaStationed at Hispania
- AD 71 – AD 122Germania InferiorMoved to Germania Inferior
- AD 122 – AD 400EburacumMoved to Eburacum (York, England)
Campaigns
- Cantabrian Wars (25 BC) · alongside I Germ., II Augu., IV Mace., X Gemi.
- Roman conquest of Britain (AD 43) · alongside II Augu., IX Hisp., XIV Gemi., XX Vale.