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Legio XIX ("Nineteenth Legion") was a Roman legion of the Imperial Roman army. It was destroyed in 9 AD in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. The emblem of the XIXth legion is unknown but was probably the Capricorn like other legions levied by Augustus.
In 30 BC, veterans of the XIX legion were settled near Pisa, and after that, the rest of the legion was allocated in the Rhine frontier with base camp at Cologne. The XIX legion participated in the German campaigns of Drusus (13–9 BC) and Tiberius (8–5 BC). By the year 5 BC Germania was a Roman province and Publius Quinctilius Varus was assigned as governor.
The legion could have been stationed in Dangstetten. It is possible the reason the legion was stationed here was to police the nearby Roman roads.
In September 9 AD, Arminius, leader of the Cherusci and a Roman ally, set a trap. He had reported a major revolt of one of the western tribes and suggested the return of both governor and his legions to the Rhine. Varus accepted the suggestion and went with the Legio XVII, Legio XVIII and XIX legions. The army was trapped near Osnabrück and was completely destroyed in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. Between 16 and 18, Germanicus, the leader of the Rhine armies, looked for the remains of the legions. The Legion XIX Eagle was captured by the Bructeri. In 15 AD troops under the command of Lucius Stertinius rescued the eagle: The Works of Tacitus, Volume 1, The Annals, London: Bohn, 1854, Book 2, chapter 25, p. 69. After its destruction, the Romans never used this legion number again.
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| Gnaeus Lerius | Tribunus angusticlavius | ? | CIL 11, 05218 |
| Sextus Abulenius | Centurion | 27 BC - 14 AD | CIL 11, 06056 |
| Marcus Virtius | Legionary | 10 BC - 30 AD | AE 1974, 00283 |
| Lucius Artorius | Legionary | 27 BC - 14 AD | CIL 11, 00348 |
| Sextus Anquirinnius | ? | ? | CIL 11, 01524 |
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