Samhain31

Thank you all for taking the time to respond to me. I know I have my work cut out for me as far as legions go. It's amazing how we have to do mounds of research to just create one character. I always feel that historical accuracy is important and I try to keep it as close to factual as possible when writing fiction. I have been reading other threads on the forum and gaining great information for thinking on. I am going to look into the books mentioned here and in other threads. Indeed it does look like the greatest legion and the greatest general (as I was reading that thread) all come down to us, or for me - where I end up placing my main characters in history. Thanks again!

Hi, I am doing research on the Legions & Legionnaires for a work of fiction and I would like to know what your thoughts are as to which Legion was actually the greatest of all. It seems I am finding conflicting views on the web and even in some historical literature and therefore I can't be positive enough to make a choice yet. Maybe it was Nero's 14th, or one one of Caesar's? It seems that people speak from bias a lot as opposed to actually choosing a historically fitting Legion, as if it were a personal choice instead of a historical one. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Also any historical and scholarly works that anyone can recommend for reading would be helpful as well. Thanks in advance.