Legio vigesima secunda Deiotariana was levied by Deiotarus, king of the Celtic tribe of the Tolistobogii, who lived in Galatia, modern Turkey. He levied an army and trained it with Roman help; the army, in 48 BC, was composed of 12,000 infantrymen and 2,000 horsemen. Cicero writes that the army was divided into to thirty cohortes, which were roughly equivalent to three Roman legions of the time. After a heavy defeat against king Pharnaces II of Pontus near Nicopolis, the survivor soldiers of Deiotarius army formed a single legion, which marched besides Julius Caesar during his victorious campaign against Pontus, and fought with him in the battle of Zela (47 BC), after wich he told the famous words "Veni, Vidi, Vici". After the civil wars it remained active in the eastern front of the empire, fighting campaigns against Nubia and Parthia, untill was destroyed in the Bar-Kocba rebellion in 132-136 AD.
Legate: Cinna(Mr_T)
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Primus Pilus:Dwar
Optio: Hellboy1944, Elliot
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Tiro: Sharpe
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DEATH OR GLORY!
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