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Legionary inscription: "VEXILLA TIO LEG VI FERR" ("Detachment of Legion VI Ferrata"), Hecht Museum , Haifa , Israel Legio sexta ferrata ("Sixth Ironclad Legion") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army .1It probably originated from the Republican general Pompey 's 6th legion in Spain.2 In 30 BC it became part of the emperor Augustus 's standing army. It continued in existence into the 4th century. A Legio VI fought in the Roman Republican civil wars of the 40s and 30s BC. Sent to garrison the province of Judaea , it remained there for the next two centuries. The Legion was also known as Fidelis Constans , meaning "loyal and steadfast". It is unclear when this title was given, but several sources indicate that it may have been in the 1st century AD. The symbol for Legio VI Ferrata was the bull. It also carried the symbolic she-wolf with Romulus and Remus .
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Military unit Legionary inscription: "VEXILLA TIO LEG VI FERR" ("Detachment of Legion VI Ferrata") Legio sexta Ferrata ( Sixth Ironclad Legion ), was a Roman Legion formed in 65 BC, and in existence up to at least 3rd century. A Legio VI fought in the Roman Republican civil wars of the 40s and 30s BC. Sent to garrison the province of Judaea , it remained there for the next two centuries. The Legion was also known as Fidelis Constans , meaning "Loyal and Steadfast". It is unclear when this title was given, but several sources indicate that it may have been in the 1st century AD. The symbol for Legio VI Ferrata was the bull. It also carried the symbolic she-wolf with Romulus and Remus .
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Roman legion Military unit Legionary inscription: "VEXILLA TIO LEG VI FERR" ("Detachment of Legion VI Ferrata"), Hecht Museum , Haifa , Israel Legio sexta ferrata ("Sixth Ironclad Legion") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army . In 30 BC it became part of the emperor Augustus 's standing army. It continued in existence into the 4th century. A Legio VI fought in the Roman Republican civil wars of the 40s and 30s BC. Sent to garrison the province of Judaea , it remained there for the next two centuries. The Legion was also known as Fidelis Constans , meaning "loyal and steadfast". It is unclear when this title was given, but several sources indicate that it may have been in the 1st century AD. The symbol for Legio VI Ferrata was the bull. It also carried the symbolic she-wolf with Romulus and Remus .
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In 30 BC it became part of the emperor Augustus 's standing army. It continued in existence into the 4th century. A Legio VI fought in the Roman Republican civil wars of the 40s and 30s BC. Sent to garrison the province of Judaea , it remained there for the next two centuries. The Legion was also known as Fidelis Constans , meaning "loyal and steadfast". It is unclear when this title was given, but several sources indicate that it may have been in the 1st century AD. The symbol for Legio VI Ferrata was the bull. It also carried the symbolic she-wolf with Romulus and Remus .
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roman legion formed in 65 bc
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legion of the imperial roman army
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