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Cyrenaica was under the control of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus before 36 BC and of Mark Antony after that date; either of them might have established the Legio III. [1] Pollard and Berry suggest that the legion was established by Lucius Pinarius Scarpus , an ally of Mark Antony who was his governor of Cyrenaica in the 30s BC. [ 2 ]
Nero, Sestertius with countermark "X" of Legio X Gemina. Obv: Laureate bust right. Rev: Nero riding horse right, holding spear, DECVRSIO in exergue; S C across fields. This is a list of Roman legions, including key facts about each legion, primarily focusing on the Principate (early Empire, 27 BC – 284 AD) legions, for which there exists substantial literary, epigraphic and archaeological ...
Legio XXII Deiotariana and Legio III Cyrenaica fought against the Jews, with the names of specific Roman legionaries from these units recorded as being killed in combat. [10] Native Egyptians and Greeks, driven by entrenched anti-Jewish sentiments intensified by wartime conditions and imperial support, eagerly joined the Romans in attacking Jews.
The Zealots lay siege to Jerusalem and annihilate the Roman garrison (a cohort of Legio III Cyrenaica). The Sicarii capture the fortress of Masada overlooking the Dead Sea. Mid–late October – Cestius Gallus, legate of Syria, marches into Judea and leads a Roman army of 30,000 men to put down the Jewish rebellion.
Legio III Augusta; Legio III Cyrenaica; Legio III Diocletiana; Legio III Gallica; Legio III Isaura; Legio III Italica; Legio III Parthica; See also. 3rd Legion Tercio "Don Juan de Austria" regiment of the Spanish Legion; 3rd Legion First Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet; 3rd Legion of the Vistula (Poles) Battle of Alcañiz
Cyrenaica in Antiquity (Society for Libyan Studies Occasional Papers). Joyce Reynolds ISBN 0-86054-303-X; J.R.González, Historia de las legiones Romanas, Madrid 2003. Graham, Alexander. Roman Africa: an outline of the history of the Roman occupation of North Africa, based chiefly upon inscriptions and monumental remains in that country ...
Legio XXII Deiotariana ("Deiotarus' Twenty-Second Legion") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army, founded ca. 48 BC and disbanded or destroyed during the Bar Kokhba revolt of 132–136. Its cognomen comes from Deiotarus , a Celtic king of Galatia .
Legio III Gallica (lit. Third Legion "Gallic") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army . The cognomen Gallica suggests that its earliest recruits came from veterans of the Gallic legions of Gaius Julius Caesar , a supposition supported by its emblem, a bull , a symbol associated with Caesar. [ 1 ]