(The Lightning Legion)Likely founded by Caesar in 58 BC for his campaign against the Helvetians.
Description
One of the original 28 Augustan Legions
Likely founded by Caesar in 58 BC for his campaign against the Helvetians. Later reconstituted by Lepidus and Antony in 43 BC. Its symbol may have been a bull but there is evidence of the thunderbolt.
The Twelfth is recorded guarding the frontier of the Euphrates in Melitene, at the beginning of the 5th century (Notitia Dignitatum). May have become an Eastern Empire Legion.
