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{{Short description|Roman legion}} {{more citations needed|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox military unit | unit_name = Legio I Adiutrix | native_name = | image = Legio I Adiutrix Vexillum.gif | image_size = 200 | caption = [[Vexillum]] of the Legion | dates = 68 – 344 | country = {{flagicon|Roman Empire}} [[Roman Empire]] | branch = [[Imperial Roman army]] | type = | role = | garrison = [[Szőny|Brigetio]] | motto = | battles = [[Year of the Four Emperors]] * [[Battle of Bedriacum]] [[Revolt of the Batavi]]<br>[[Trajan's Dacian Wars]]<br>[[Marcomannic Wars]]<br>[[Trajan's Parthian campaign]]<br>[[Battle of Mediolanum]] | commander1 = }} [[File:Roman Empire 125.png|thumb|right|300px|Map of the Roman empire in AD 125, under emperor [[Hadrian]], showing the Legio I Adiutrix, stationed on the river [[Danube]] at [[Szőny|Brigetio]] (Szőny, Hungary), in [[Pannonia Superior]] province, from AD 86 to at least 344]] [[File:Denarius-Septimius Severus-l1adiutrix-RIC 0002.jpg|thumb|300px|I ''Adiutrix'' celebrated by [[Septimius Severus]] with this [[denarius]]. I ''Adiutrix'' supported Severus in his fight for the [[Roman Emperor|purple]].]] [[File:Rheinzabern Ziegelstempel Legio I adiutrix.jpg|thumb|Brick stamp ''LEG I AD'' found in [[Rheinzabern]].]] '''Legio I Adiutrix''' ({{lit}} First Legion "Rescuer"), was a [[Roman legion|legion]] of the [[Imperial Roman army]] founded in AD 68, probably by [[Nero]] or [[Galba]] when he rebelled against emperor [[Nero]] (r. 54–68). The last record mentioning the ''Adiutrix'' is in 344, when it was stationed at [[Brigetio]] (modern [[Szőny]]), in the Roman province of [[Pannonia]]. The emblem of the legion was a [[Capricorn (astrology)|capricorn]],<ref name="Keppie">{{Aut|L.J.F. Keppie}}, The Origins and Early History of the Second Augustan Legion, in {{Aut|L.J.F. Keppie}}, ''Legions and Veterans: Roman Army Papers 1971-2000'', Stuttgart, 2000, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=TLDvWqjSfP8C&q=Legions+and+Veterans:+Roman+Army+Papers+1971-2000&pg=PA128 128].</ref> used along with the winged horse [[Pegasus]], on the helmets the symbol used by I ''Adiutrix'' legionaries was a [[dolphin]].<ref name="Keppie"/>
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