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Pia Fidelis

cognomen of several Roman legions

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionNov 9, 2025
Entity authorityQ7189989 ↗
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Pia Fidelis, Latin feminine form for "pious and faithful", was the cognomen of several Roman legions, awarded by an emperor when the legion had proved "devoted and loyal". Some legions received this honour several times, and their name included the number of awards. Awards were made from 42 AD (when it was awarded by Claudius to the VII and IX legions) until the end of the second century AD. It was awarded in total to 10 legions and around 50 auxilia cohorts.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current 82-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Fidelis, cognomen and several is the immediate research focus.
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This entry incorporates text from “Pia Fidelis” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.