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Legio I Iovia
Legio I Iovia (devoted to Jupiter) was a Roman legion, levied by Emperor Diocletian (284-305), possibly together with II Herculia, to guard the newly created province of Scythia Minor. The cognomen of this legion came from Diocletian's attribute Iovianus, "similar to Jupiter".
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