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Panic over the Illyrian revolt breaks out …
Years: 7 - 7
Panic over the Illyrian revolt breaks out in Rome and Augustus raises a second task force under Tiberius's nephew Germanicus.
To do this, he resorts to the compulsory purchase and emancipation of thousands of slaves in order to amass enough troops.
This is the first time such a measure has been taken since the aftermath of the Battle of Cannae two centuries earlier.
At one moment, in winter CE 6/7, ten legions are deployed and an equivalent number of auxilia (seventy cohors, ten ala and more than ten thousand veterans).
Many within the legions are Roman war veterans.
In addition, they are assisted by a large number of Thracian troops deployed by their King Rhoemetalces, a Roman amicus (ally), for a grand total of some one hundred thousand men.
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- Thracians
- Illyrians
- Pannonians
- Odrysian kingdom
- Daesitiates (Illyrian tribe)
- Breuci (Illyrian tribe)
- Roman Principate (Rome)
Topics
- Classical antiquity
- Roman Age Optimum
- Pax Romana
- Roman Eastern Frontier Wars of 20 BCE-CE 19
- Illyrian Revolt, Great
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Years: 7 - 7
Locations
People
Groups
- Thracians
- Illyrians
- Pannonians
- Odrysian kingdom
- Daesitiates (Illyrian tribe)
- Breuci (Illyrian tribe)
- Roman Principate (Rome)
Topics
- Classical antiquity
- Roman Age Optimum
- Pax Romana
- Roman Eastern Frontier Wars of 20 BCE-CE 19
- Illyrian Revolt, Great
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions