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The last legion on the Limes Delmaticus - VIII Augusta

Recent archaeological research has provided arguments in support of the thesis that a vexillatio of LEG VIII Augusta was stationed in the area of the Burnum military legion centre on the Limes Delmaticus, after Leg IIII Flavia Felix left Dalmatia for Domitian's Dacian War. In the layers from the first construction phase of the military training camp (campus) from Claudius' time, there are tegulae with the LEG XI CPF stamp, and in the second with the LEG VIII AVG stamp, which can be found also in other sites on the Delmatian Limes. Intensive brick production, and thus construction activity of the unit indicates that the possible reason for stationing the legion (or one its vexillatio judging by only the few tombstones of active soldiers) in Burnum is the logistical preparation for Trajan's campaign in the Second Dacian War. Food, water, and an accommodation were to be provided for the Praetorian cohorts and the manpower and livestock of the expeditionary army on their way through the province of Dalmatia. In Trajan's period, a water supply facility was built in Iader with the funds of the imperial fisc. An unknown military building whose roof was covered with tiles of the VIII Legion once stood in the municipium of Asseria, and a military training ground was renovated in Burnum. One of the few scenes on Trajan's Column depicting a journey through Dalmatia takes place in Burnum. Part of the retinue that welcomes Emperor Trajan, who arrives from the colony of Iader via the municipium of Asseria, are two soldiers depicted in a stylized fortress in one episode on Trajan’s Column. The authors recognize them as legionaries of Legio VIII Augusta. At the latest after the end of the 2nd Dacian War, with the departure of the VIII Legion, Dalmatia became a provinciainermis.

Burnum, Limes Delaticus, legio VIII Augusta, campus, Emperor Trajan

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