Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A company of troops under one vexillum or ensign.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Rom. Antiq.) A company of troops under one vexillum.
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- noun A company of
soldiers (especially in ancient Rome) grouped under the sameflag .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It's possible that some sort of military force remained at Chester after 400 and carried on calling itself the Legion, whether it was a vexillation left as a skeleton garrison when Maximus 'borrowed' the troops or a local militia or warlord.
Chester in the seventh century: surviving infrastructure Carla 2009
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For ages the Ninth Legion was supposed to have vanished in Scotland around 117 AD, which is the story in Eagle of the Ninth, though I gather it's now thought that at most they might have lost a vexillation and the legion itself went on later than 117.
The Dawn Stag, by Jules Watson. Book review Carla 2007
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Britain in the reign of Claudius, and contributed to its subjugation: the vexillation of this legion was in the army of
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