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The 77 pages that link to Roman legion, each with the reason it gives.

• Battle of ThapsusBroader topic: Caesar’s legionaries held formation and countered the enemy’s elephant charge.

• Battle of VercellaeNarrower topic: Legionary organization formed the backbone of the Roman force at Vercellae.

• Cantabrian WarsRelated: Legions supplied the organized infantry that Roman commanders deployed against northern resistance.

• Cimbrian WarNarrower topic: Roman armies relied on legionary formations in the major battles.

• Jewish–Roman warsRelated: Legions supplied the force Rome used to suppress the uprisings.

• LusitaniansRelated: Roman forces relied on legions and allied troops to campaign across Lusitanian terrain.

• Roman GermaniaRelated: Legions built bases, campaigned across the Rhine, and defended Roman territory.

• Battle of ArausioNarrower topic: The destruction of Roman legions at Arausio exposed the vulnerability of the Republic’s military system.

• Battle of MundaNarrower topic: Veteran legions on both sides made Munda an unusually hard-fought Roman battle.

• Marcus Aemilius LepidusNarrower topic: Military command and control of troops underpinned Lepidus’s share of triumviral power.

• SurenaRelated: The legions’ vulnerability to mobile cavalry reshaped Roman thinking about eastern warfare.

• AmbiorixNarrower topic: Ambiorix’s revolt targeted legions stationed across the region.

• Battle of BibracteNarrower topic: The legion’s formation and discipline underpinned Caesar’s resistance to the Helvetii.

• Battle of HeracleaRelated: Its close combat with Pyrrhus’s forces made the battle exceptionally costly.

• Battle of TigranocertaNarrower topic: Lucullus’s infantry advanced uphill against the Armenian cavalry.

• Fourth Macedonian WarNarrower topic: Roman legions supplied the force that defeated the Macedonian revolt.

• Servile WarsRelated: Rome relied on its armies and commanders to defeat the uprisings.

• Severus AlexanderNarrower topic: The campaigning legions’ loyalty ultimately mattered more than the emperor’s court or formal authority.

• Barracks emperorRelated: Their allegiance could make or unmake an emperor in the provinces.

• Battle of AgrigentumNarrower topic: Roman infantry formations supplied the force that maintained the siege and fought outside the city.

• Battle of Cape EcnomusRelated: Roman soldiers aboard the fleet supplied the infantry strength crucial to boarding combat.

• Battle of IdistavisoNarrower topic: Legionary discipline and formation helped the Romans withstand the Germanic assault.

• Battle of Mons GraupiusNarrower topic: Legionaries formed the Roman reserve behind the auxiliaries in Tacitus’s account.

• Bellum BatonianumNarrower topic: Rome relied on legionary forces and auxiliaries to contain and defeat the revolt.

• Titus LarciusRelated: Early dictator traditions connect emergency officeholding with command of Rome’s army.

• War of ActiumRelated: The land forces’ allegiance and effectiveness remained essential alongside the naval campaign.

• War of the LiberatorsNarrower topic: The opposing Roman armies relied on legionary formations in their clashes near Philippi.