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2 unusual facts about Legio XXII Primigenia


Legio XXII Primigenia

Around 90, units of the XXII was garrisoned in or around the area of modern-day Butzbach, as part of the Limes Germanicus (a series of forts along the Roman frontier of Germania Superior .

The following year, Laelianus, the commander of the 22nd, became emperor of the Gallic Empire.



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