Legio XI Claudia

Legio XI Claudia
Map of the Roman empire in AD 125, under emperor Hadrian, showing the LEGIO XI CLAUDIA, stationed on the river Danube at Durostorum (Silistra, Bulgaria), in Moesia Inferior province, from AD 104 until the 5th century
Active	58 BC to sometime in the 5th century
Country	Roman Republic and Roman Empire
Type	Roman legion (Marian)
Role	Infantry (some cavalry support)
Size	Varied over unit lifetime.
Garrison/HQ	Burnum, Dalmatia (9-70) Vindonissa, Germania Superior (70-101) Brigetio, Pannonia Inferior (101-104) Durostorum, Moesia Inferior (104-5th century)
Nickname(s)	Claudia Pia Fidelis Pia V Fidelis V Pia VI Fidelis VI
Patron	Julius Caesar, Augustus, Roman Emperors
Mascot(s)	Neptune, she-wolf lactating the twins
Engagements	Gallic War -Against the Nervians -Alesia Caesar's civil war -Dyrrhachium -Pharsalus Liberators' civil war -Philippi Antony's civil war -Actium Second Bedriacum Batavian rebellion Dacian Wars Bar Kokhba's revolt Issus Vexillationes of the 11th participated in many other campaigns.
Commanders
Notable commanders	Julius Caesar Augustus Septimius Severus

Legio undecima Claudia ("Claudius' Eleventh Legion") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army. XI Claudia dates back to the two legions (the other was the XIIth) recruited by Julius Caesar to invade Gallia in 58 BC, and it existed at least until the early 5th century, guarding lower Danube in Durostorum (modern Silistra, Bulgaria). The emblem of the legion is not known; it could have been, as all of the Caesar's legions, the bull or possibly the she-wolf lactating the twins.

The XI and XII legions were levied by Caesar for his Helvetii campaign in 58 BC. The legion fought in the Battle against the Nervians, and probably fought at the Siege of Alesia as well. During the civil war, the Eleventh legion fought for Caesar at the Battle of Dyrrhachium and at Pharsalus. The legion was disbanded in 45 BC, and its veterans were offered lands at Bojano, which received the name of Bovianum Undecumanorum, "Bovianum of the members of the eleventh".

The XIth was reconstituted in 42 BC by Augustus (at the time known as Octavian), to fight in the civil war against the assassins of Caesar. The XIth fought in the Battle of Philippi, and was then sent back to Italy to quell a revolt at Perugia. It was probably involved in the fight against Sextus Pompeius, who had seized Sicilia.