18 Ancient Roman 18th Legion - Eagle Sweatshirt

Very little is known of this Legion. The Roman Governor Spinther used an 18th Legion in Cilicia in 56-53, and Julius Caesar used an 18th in the Civil War with Pompey, but it's uncertain whether or not these were the same unit, or whether it's the same 18th of later years. Octavian founded an 18th after the Battle of Philippi, using it as one of many to put down the rebel pirate Sextus Pompeius and restore Rome's grain supply. The 18th, along with the 17th and 19th, was destroyed in the Tuetoburg Forest disaster in 9 AD. Its eagle standards would be recovered during the reigns of Tiberius and Caligula.