Legio XI

Legio XI Claudia was a Roman Legion levied by Julius Caesar in 58 BC in Cisalpine Gaul, for his war against the Nervians. They participated in the civil wars of the late Republic, the Year of the Four Emperors, the Batavian revolt, , Severus' Parthian war, and the war with the Gallic Empire. They were likely destroyed or disbanded some time after 425 AD.
Initial service with Caesar
Legio XI Claudia, along with Legio XII Fulminata, was a Roman Legion levied by Julius Caesar in 58 BC in Cisalpine Gaul, for his war against the Nervians. They likely were present at the Siege of Alesia. After his campaigns in Gaul, civil war broke out between Julius Caesar and Pompey, both of whom were triumvirs, and in January, 49 BC, Caesar invaded his native Italy with Legio XI serving in his army. They fought in 48 BC at Dyrrhachium and Pharsalus, but were disbanded in 45 BC and settled in their native Central Italy around the area of Bovianum Undecumanorum. Some Christians within the legion were persecuted by Diocletian in 302, at Durostorum. In 395-425, the Legion remained headquartered on the Danube at Durostorum, with detachments under the Magister Militum per Gallias and under the Magister Militum Praesentalis II.

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