The Vangiones were a tribe of the Belgae originally from the Upper Rhine valley. They are recorded in the Roman name for Worms (Augusta Vangionum) which was founded by Drusus in 14 BCE, and their presence was also recorded in inscriptions at Condercum (Benwell, Tyne and Wear) and Cilurnum (Chesters), both sites along Hadrian's Wall in northern England, as the First Cohort of Vangiones ("one thousand strong, part-mounted"). The earliest inscription shows that they were stationed along pre-Wall forts by 106 CE. They were split into two sub-units and later reunited. The Belgae were a group of nations or tribes living in north-eastern Gaul, on the west bank of the Rhine, in the 1st century BC, and later also attested in Britain. ... Worms is a city in Germany, situated in Rhineland-Palatinate. ... Drusus was a cognomen in Ancient Rome, and may refer to: Drusus Caesar - was the son of Germanicus, also called Drusus III. Gaius Livius Drusus was consul in 147 BC. Julius Caesar Drusus was the son of Tiberius, also called Drusus II. Marcus Livius Drusus was the name of two... Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC - 10s BC - 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s Years: 19 BC 18 BC 17 BC 16 BC 15 BC 14 BC 13 BC 12 BC 11 BC 10 BC 9 BC... Hadrians Wall (in Latin: Vallum Hadriani) was a stone and turf fortification, built by the Romans across the width of Great Britain to prevent military raids by the Pictish tribes of Scotland to the north, to improve economic stability and provide peaceful conditions in the south, to define the... For other uses, see number 106. ...

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• Roman Britain: First Cohort of Vangiones