LEGIO XX. 119 



dating from the early years of the fifth century, indicates 

 the presence of the Vlth in its old headquarters at York 

 and of the Ilnd at Eichborough, in Kent; the XXth is 

 not mentioned as in Britain. Now. from the poet 

 Claudian24 we learn that Stilicho withdrew from Britain, 

 for his campaign against Alaric the Goth in 403 a.d a 

 legion that had garrisoned the northern frontier 'of 

 Britain; this can, on the evidence of the Xotitia, be none 

 other than the XXth, so that our old friends disappear 

 from the scene in a blaze of glory, as forming part of the 

 ai-my which helped Stilicho to inflict a crushing defeat on 

 Aiaric at Pollentia , in Northern Italy (403 a.d.) 



The initials V.V., the second Htle of the XXth, have 

 been interpreted in two ways, either as Valens Victri^ or 

 as Valerrajrctri.. As to Victri. there is no question; 

 the fonn Valens Yictri., "the powerful and victorious," 

 would have a parallel in the second title of the Leqro II 

 Augusta PiaFidelis, "the Loyal and True"; but there is 

 no direct evidence in its favour; the great majority of 

 inscriptions have simply V.V., whilst a few gWe Val Vic 

 For Valerra, on the other hand, there are at least two 

 pieces of direct evidence. The first is an inscription,25 i^ 



w'yy x^r'' '"""' '* """"^ ^^''^^^^^' '- Syria, where 



^^ P -■ The second is a passage of Dio Cassius 



'*■ "Ouae Scoto*r?ji' ''^\° P"?^*^"*^ Britannis, 



Vuae bcoto dat frena truci, ferroqiie notaf-a« 



PerlegU e.xsangues Picto' n.ovS't^l." 



25 C I L •• (Claudian, De Bello Getico, 416-418 ) 



iii. Galatica^ Tter. et Legio^Jsl^f SovtV ^''^ f'^ ^^^^« ^^8°° ^egionis 



fratri optimo." -^^gionis x. Fretensis ii. L. Septimius Marcellus 



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