Legio I Minervia

Legio I Minervia first, and main, camp was in the city of Bonna (modern Bonn), in the province of Germania Inferior.

The emblem with Minerva figure appears on the column of Trajan in Rome, along with symbols of other legions.

Together with XXX Ulpia Victrix, stationed close by in Castra Vetera II (modern Xanten), they worked in numerous military and building activities, even extracting stone from quarries.

Although it belonged to the Germanic army and Bonn was its camp, vexillationes (subunits) of the legion were allocated in different parts of the Empire: During the civil wars of the late 2nd and 3rd century, I Minervia supported the following emperors (each of them gave them the indicated titles, dropped out after their fall): Around 353, Bonna was destroyed by the Franks.

Although Legio I Minervia disappears from recorded history, there is no account of its end, whether destroyed in battle or simply disbanded.