12-13-2002, 08:32 PM
The IX Legion was one of the four veteran legions Caesar took command of when he was made governor of Illyria, Near and Far Gaul. When the legion was retired and paid off after the Civil War Octavian raised a new Legio IX (originally called Macedonica) which is apparently the same unit (by no means 100% certain but very likely according to the current research). The 'old' IX fought against Pompey and the new one raised by Ocatvian fought against Sextus Pompey (one of Pompey the Great's sons). <p></p><i></i>
