The famous anecdote, told by Suetonius, about the emperor commanding soldiers to collect shells on the beach, refers to the visit of the fifth to Lugdunum (Katwijk). In the Notitia Dignitatum records from beginning of the fifth century, the legion was still stationed in Dacia, with detachments stationed in the east and Egypt. It is often assumed that the legion fought in this war and was destroyed, although it is uncertain whether detachments or the whole legion were in Egypt, and there is no further evidence of the legion's eventual fate. Propinquus Grattius Cerealis, Q. Cornelius M. f. Gal(eria tribu) Valerianus, This page was last edited on 26 September 2020, at 07:22. The legions XVI Gallica and IIII Macedonica, which had guarded Mainz, were renamed (XVI Flavia Firma and IIII Flavia Felix); the remains of I Germanica were added with Galba's Seventh legion and became known as VII Gemina ("the twin legion"). Map of the Roman empire in AD 125, under emperor Hadrian, showing the LEGIO V MACEDONICA, stationed on the river Danube at, Tombstone of Legio V Macedonica soldier, found near, Shield pattern of Legio V Macedonica in the early 5th century as depicted in, 1st century BC: Creation and deployment in Macedonia, 2nd century: In Dacia, protecting Danube frontier, People of the American Civil War by state, Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia, Military units and formations established in the 1st century BC, https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Legio_V_Macedonica?oldid=4687072, Varied over unit lifetime. The new legion saw its first action during the campaign against the Gallic leader Vercingetorix and the siege of Alesia. It was based in the Balkan provinces of Macedonia, Moesia and Dacia. The last known evidence shows the legion, or detachments from it, stationed in Egypt in the seventh century one or two years before the Islamic conquest of Egypt. In the Year of the Four Emperors, 68, the legion stayed inactive in Emmaus, where several tombstones of soldiers of the V Macedonica remain. The legend on the reverse says LEG V MAC VI P VI F, which means "Legio V Macedonica VI times faithful VI times loyal". Caesar paid the soldiers with his own resources, but the legion was later recognized by the Roman Senate. The Fifth was probably still in the East when the First Jewish–Roman War in Iudaea Province began in 66. At the same time, Xanten was rebuilt. At the beginning of the reign of Commodus, the V Macedonica and the XIII Gemina defeated once again the Sarmatians, under the later usurpers Pescennius Niger and Clodius Albinus. Although I Germanica, XVI Gallica and a legion from Germania Superior, XXII Primigenia, tried to rescue them, the two legions at Xanten were forced to surrender in March 70. In 67, the position of the emperor Nero became untenable: many senators were discontent and several governors discussed his removal. After the disaster, V Alaudae was stationed at Xanten, together with XXI Rapax, keeping an eye on the nearby tribe of the Cugerni and guarding the confluence of the Rhine and Lippe. In the winter of 49/48, it served at Dyrrhachium, after Caesar's assistant Mark Antony had ferried it across the Adriatic Sea. After the violent death of the legion's founder on 15 March 44, civil war broke out between Caesar's adjutant Mark Antony and his adopted son Octavian. Maybe the legion was originally called V Gallica. What had been exemplary behavior, was now explained as an attempt to obstruct the accession of the new emperor. It was probably originally levied in 43 BC by consul Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus and Gaius Iulius Caesar Octavianus (later known as the Emperor Augustus). It was probably originally levied in 43 BC by consul Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus and Octavian (later known as the Emperor Augustus). The Cantabrian war was one of the largest wars Rome ever fought: among the troops involved were I Germanica, II Augusta, IIII Macedonica, V Alaudae, VI Victrix, VIIII Hispana, X Gemina, XX Valeria Victrix, and another legion, perhaps VIII Augusta. Valerian gave the Fifth the name III Pia III Fidelis; his son, Gallienus gave the legion the title VII Pia VII Fidelis, with the 4th, 5th and 6th titles awarded probably when the legion was used as a mobile cavalry unit against usurpers Ingenuus and Regalianus (260, Moesia).