The History of Roman Legion VI Victrix (Hardback)
The Original Watchers on the Wall
Imprint: Pen & Sword History
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9781399088572
Published: 20th July 2023
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This is the first in depth study on the history of Legio VI Victrix in Britain. Brought over from Germany in 122 to assist in the building of Hadrian’s Wall the Sixth Legion remained in Britain until the end of Roman rule. The book will investigate the changing military organisation, weapons and warfare as well as the many auxiliary units posted in the north of Britain.
We will meet members of the Sixth Legion known from inscriptions and literary sources. From lowly legionaries helping to build Hadrian’s or the Antonine Wall to Pertinax, tribune of the Sixth, and destined to become Emperor. Case studies will include a praefectus castrorum, Lucius Artorius Castus, along with the legionary bases at York and Corbridge.
The men of the Sixth witnessed the tumultuous, and often bloody, history of Roman Britain: the border shifting back and forth under Antoninus; barbarian incursions and army mutinies under the murderous Commodus; the bloody civil war against Septimius Severus and the subsequent invasion of Caledonia. In the last century of Roman rule, the Sixth supported several rival emperors from Constantine the Great, Magnus Maximus until finally Constantine III.
The journey will end with a discussion of the likely fate of the Sixth in the early fifth century after the end of Roman authority. A must read for anyone interested in the evolution of the Roman legion, the empire or Roman Britain in particular.
A seminal, fascinating, and impressively informative study, "The History of Roman Legion VI Victrix: The Original Watchers on the Wall" is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the evolution of the Roman legion, the empire in general and the history Roman Britain in particular. Enhanced for the reader with the inclusion of a three page listing of Sources for Images and Maps, four pages of Notes, a four page Bibliography, and a three page Index, "The History of Roman Legion VI Victrix: The Original Watchers on the Wall" is a very special and thoroughly recommended contribution to personal, professional, community, and academic library Roman Britain history collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists.
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About Tony Sullivan
Tony Sullivan lives in South East London with his wife and three children. His first book, King Arthur: Man or Myth? was published in 2020. Three further books followed in 2022: The Battles of King Arthur investigating the famous battle list from the Historia Brittonum; The Real Gladiator, looking at the historical reality behind the 2000 film; and The Roman King Arthur?: Lucius Artorius Castus, which dismantles the Artorius-Arthur theory and places this historical Roman officer in the reigns of Severus and Caracalla.