Legio I Minervia Roman Vexillum

Legio I Minervia was created by Domitian around 82 AD for the campaign against the Germanic Chatti, placing itself under the protection of the goddess Minerva, who became its distinctive emblem.

Its main camp was Bonna, modern-day Bonn, in Lower Germany, from where it controlled the middle Rhine. In 89, the legion supported the emperor against the revolt of the governor of Germania Superior, earning the honorific title of Pia Fidelis Domitiana for its loyalty.

Under Trajan, it participated in the Dacian Wars (101-102 and 105-106), partly under the command of the future emperor Hadrian; its symbol appears on Trajan's Column as a testament to its role in the Danubian campaigns. Upon returning to Bonna, it was involved in construction work, infrastructure, and quarrying, cooperating with the XXX Ulpia Victrix in strengthening the Germanic limes. Vexillationes of I Minervia were sent to multiple fronts: against the Parthians, Marcomanni, Sarmatians, Caledonians, and Alamanni, demonstrating the operational mobility of the legion in the 2nd-3rd centuries. Still attested in the Rhenish region in the 4th century, it disappears from sources after the destruction of Bonna by the Franks, with it being unknown whether it was destroyed or simply disbanded.

Product specifications

Product: Historical-philological vexillum
Material: glossy print on acrylic
Size: 40 x 30 cm
Technique: high-definition reproduction with brilliant rendering
Reconstruction: based on historical, epigraphic, and numismatic sources
Installation: supplied with a hook for easy wall hanging