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(CIL III 2008, 2009, 2010, 2023, 2032, 8719, 12898, 12899), in part set up comrades of the deceased, confirm without doubt that the legion, or rather a mobilized detachment, spent some time in Dalmatia in the third century CE. If CIL III 12899, erected under Alexander Severus is indicative of the others, this sojourn in Dalmatia was in the reign of this emperor.
The dedicatory stones set up by ‘benefecarii conularis’ of the legion found on Dalmation soil (CIL III 1906 in Novae, CIL III 1781 in Narona and III 14631 near Ljubuški) do not have to have any causal relation with this stay of the legion, although the second one dates to 225, Alexander Severus’ reign. After all these officials were regularly detached to the Dalmation governor from legions in other provinces, mainly Pannonia; the second legion in Moesia was represented under the governor in Dalmatia (see under XI Claudia). Neither does the presence of another ‘officialis’, a ‘frumentarius’ of I Italica in charge of building projects designated by the emperor in Hadrian’s reign (ILS 9473), indicate anything special. The standardbearer of the legionary eagle (Cagnat IGR IV 616) who placed a tombstone to his four year old son in Flaviopolis Asiae, mentioned on the inscription that he was (in Greek) ‘en xeinei (in foreign lands). If that means that the legion was on campaign there or some other task must stay undecided. The legionary Apidius Domitius (Cagnat IGR IV 278; in Greek) stratiootes legioonos prootes ‘Italikes (soldier of legion I Italica) who dedicated an altar to Asklepios in Pergamon, may have been a son of this city. The legion stayed loyal to the emperor Gallienus while continuous rebellions against him erupted (Kolb <i>Wien.Numism.Ztschr.<i/> V, p.66, table IV.2; Cohen V, vol.2, 387 and 455ff.).
- During the 3rd century CE, probably especially the 2nd half, personnel of I Italica was promoted to the ‘praetorium’ relatively frequently (CIL VI 2601, 2785, 2883 = 32578. See also VI 2759, in which Legio Moesiaca may quite probably understood as I Italica). This preferential treatment of the legion may be understood in relation to the origin of the recruits of the legion. They consisted in large part of Thracians, well known at the time for their ferocity in battle (see also column 1353). This circumstance is also the reason why a mobilized detachment of the legion, together with its sister legion XI Claudia, belonged to the ‘mobile army’ (comitatenses) in the Diocletianic period. In Constantine’s reign they were incorporated into the palace troops, the ‘legiones palatinae.’ They are the ‘primani’ from the <i>Notitia Dignitatum Orientalis</i> VI.5 = 45. This pair of legions, the ‘primani’ and ‘undecimani’, is the only one in the ‘palatinae’ to originate in the old army of the Danube army. Its history can no longer be followed here. The building inscription from Cius in Scythia (CIL III 7494) was probably set up by the legion. The ‘primani’ named here should be this legion, instead of I Iovia as was assumed before (see column 1407). The same perhaps goes for the ‘primanorum legio’ in the army of Julian in 357 CE (Ammianus XVI 12.49), see column 1431.
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The old core legion I Italica was at the time of the Notitia still based in Novae (<i>Notitia Dignitatum Orientalis</i> XL 30-32), where both halves of the troops guarding the banks of the Danube where divided between Novae and Sexagintaprista. The legion was tasked with guarding the western part of the border on the river in Moesia Inferior.
- [L.An?]nius L.f.Stel.Gallus Vecilius Crispinus Mansuanius Marcellinus Numisius Sabinus, Trajan’s reign, CIL III 6813.
- M.Fabius m.f.Quir.Magnus Valerianus, period of Commodus-Severus, CIL XI 2106
- L.Iulius Lucilianus, CIL III 784
- A.Iulius Pompilius A.f.Corn.Piso T.Vi[bius Varus ...] Laevillus Berenicianus <i>praepositus legionibus I Italicae et...</i>, Marcus Aurelius’ reign, CIL VIII 2582, 2744 and 2745
- T.Manlius Valens in 69 CE, Tacitus, Hist. I.64
- L.Marius L.f.Quir. Maximus Perpetuus Aurelianus, around 193 CE, CIL VI 1450
- L.Novius Crispinus Martialis Saturninus, under Antoninus Pius, CIL VIII 2747, 18273
- Q.Plarius Sardus [...Eggius] Ambibulus <i>leg. leg. I I[talicae in Moesia] inferiore</i>, Bull.archéol. 1911, p.142 nr.17, see under II Adiutrix, column 1452ff.
- Q.Servaeus Fuscus Cornelianus c.v., CIL XI 1432, 1433
- Unknown, CIL VI 31777(?), X 3872
- C.Aetrius C.f.Lem.Naso, probably Domitian’s reign, CIL XI 5745
- L.Antonius L.f.Gal.Numida, CIL II 3845, 3850
- C.Aponius Memmius Celer, CIL III 3268
- C.Caesidius C.f.Cru.Dexter, CIL XI 6083
- M. Paullinus, CIL VI 1373
- Ti.Claudius Agrippinus from Patara, Cagnat, IGR III 670 (671, 672, 673)
- L.Clodius P.f.Cla.Ingenuus, end of 1st century CE, AE 1906.104
- Q.Cosconius M.f.Poll.Fronto, CIL X 7584
- Flavius Sergianus Sosibius (laticlavius), in 185 CE, CIL III 14214-34
- Q.Glitius P.f.Stel.Atilius Agrícola (laticl.), Vespasian’s reign, CIL V 6974, 6975
- Q.Maesius C.f.Picatianus (laticl.), Antoninus Pius’ reign around 150 CE, CIL V 4338
- Memmius…Anies. Barbarus, CIL II 2635
- Nummius Hor.Verus, Trajan’s reign, CIL XI 3100, see also III 7739
- Ti.Plautius Ti.f.Papiria Felix Ferruntianus, Commodus’ reign, CIL III 619
- Sex.Quintilius Sex.f.Ani.Valerius Maximus. (laticl.), CIL XIV 2609, Hadrian’s reign
- C.Vettius C.f.Volt.Sabinianus Iulius Hospes, Antoninus Pius’ reign, AE 1920.45
- Unknown, Trajanic period, CIL XII 3169
- Unknown, Hadrianic period, Bull.Dalm. XXXVII 1944, p.33.
- L.Terentius Valentius, AE 1902.207
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