The Legio XIV Gemina or Twinned Fourtheenth Legion

A really amazing video about the The Legio XIV Gemina, or Twinned Fourtheenth Legion, was formed by Julius Caesar in 57 B.C, in Cisalpine Gaul. The “twinned” part of the name refers to the fact that it was merged with another legion after the Battle of Actium. It partook in the Gallic Wars under Julius Caesar as well as the war in Britain where they faced Boudicca, and many more wars for the next centuries, existing up until the end of the Western Roman Empire, as late as the 5th century.

Lyrics: Sumus Quartadecumani Legio Gemina, 

Aufer te! De via decedite!

Cornu sonat pedem inferre,

Milites romani, procedite!

Nostra superbia est in legione

Et pugnans peditatus est domus gensque.

Nos signa sequimur, quocumque nos ducunt,

A barbara Germaniae silva,

Ad Caledoniam caliginem,

Domitores Britannorum procedite.

English translation:

We are men of the Fourteenth, Legion of the Twin Away with you! Get out of our way!

The trumpet sounds advance,

Soldiers of Rome, forward!

Our Pride is in the Legion,

And the fighting infantry are our family and home,

We follow the standard wherever it leads us,

From the barbarous forests of Germany,

To the mist shrouded hills of Caledonia,

Tamers of Britain, March!