Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko te Legio XI Claudia, me te Legio XII Fulminata, he Rōmana Rōmana i whakaritea e Huri Hāhere i te tau 58 BC i Cisalpine Gaul, mo tana pakanga ki nga Nervians. Tērā pea i noho rātau ki te whakapae o Alesia
Whai muri i ana pakanga i Gaul, ka pakaru te pakanga a-iwi i waenga i a Julius Caesar me Pompey, he toa toa, a i te Hanuere, 49 BC, ka whakaekea e Caesar a Itari me te Legio XI e mahi ana i tana ope. I whawhai ratou i te 48 BC i Dyrrhachium me Pharsalus, engari i whakakorehia i te 45 BC ka noho ki Central Italy huri noa i te rohe o Bovianum Undecumanorum.