Legio XI Claudia

Legio XI Claudia
Map of the Roman empire in AD 125, under emperor Hadrian, showing the Legio XI Claudia, stationed on the river Danube at Durostorum (Silistra, Bulgaria), in Moesia Inferior.
Active58 BC to at least 425 AD
CountryRoman Republic, Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire
TypeRoman legion
RoleHeavy Infantry
SizeVaried: Approximately 4800 men with officers, staff and 120 man cavalry detachment in the 1st Century AD.
Garrison/HQBurnum (9–68 AD)
Vindonissa (71–83 AD)
Mogontiacum (83–101 AD)
Brigetio (101–114 AD)
Durostorum (114 – after 395 AD)
Nickname(s)Claudia
Pia VI Fidelis VI
Mascot(s)Neptune, she-wolf lactating the twins
EngagementsGallic Wars
Battle of the Sabis
Battle of Alesia
Caesar's Civil War
Battle of Dyrrhachium (48 BC)
Battle of Pharsalus
Liberators' civil war
Battle of Philippi
Final War of the Roman Republic
Battle of Actium
First Battle of Bedriacum
Second Battle of Bedriacum
Revolt of the Batavi
Trajan's Dacian Wars
Bar Kokhba Revolt
Battle of Issus (194)
Battle of Ctesiphon (198)
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Julius Caesar
Augustus
Mark Antony
Otho
Vespasian
Trajan
Septimius Severus

Legio XI Claudia ("Claudius' Eleventh Legion") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army. The legion was levied by Julius Caesar for his campaign against the Nervii. XI Claudia dates back to the two legions (the other was the XIIth) recruited by Julius Caesar to invade Gallia in 58 BC, and it existed at least until the early 5th century, guarding lower Danube in Durostorum (modern Silistra, Bulgaria).