Following the uprising, Legio X Gemina was housed in a stone castra to keep an eye on the Batavians.

Eusebius references to the encampment of the Legio X Fretensis at Aila ( in southern Israel, near modern Aqaba and Eilat ); the X Fretensis was probably transferred from Jerusalem to Aila under Diocletian.

Between 28-24 BC Augustus ' military campaigns pacified all Hispania under Roman rule, with the foundation of Roman cities like Asturica Augusta ( Astorga ) and Bracara Augusta ( Braga ) to the north, and to the south Emerita Augusta ( Mérida ) ( settled with the emeriti of the Legio V Alaudae and Legio X Gemina legions ).

This village was destroyed in the revolt, but when the revolt had ended the Romans built another, bigger camp where the Legio X Gemina was stationed.

While under the emperor's patronage, Josephus wrote that after the Roman Legio X Fretensis, accompanied by Vespasian, destroyed Jericho on 21 June 68, Vespasian took a group of Jews who could not swim ( possibly Essenes from Qumran ), fettered them, and threw them into the Dead Sea to test the sea's legendary buoyancy.

* Trajan moves to Scythopolis and crosses the Jordan River with Legio X Fretensis.

* Corbulo inspects in Syria a base of Legio X Fretensis at Cyrrhus, the Roman legionnaires are demoralized by a " long peace ".

* Winter – Domitius Corbulo marched his legions ( Legio VI Ferrata and Legio X ) into the mountains of Cappadocia and made camp.

* Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, governor of Syria, ignored the order of Germanicus to send Syrian-based legions, including Legio VI Ferrata and Legio X Fretensis, to Armenia to back him in his planned coronation of Artaxias III.

For the next four years, a cohort from Legio VI Ferrata and Legio X Fretensis is stationed in the capital as bodyguard to the king, supported by fifteen hundred auxiliaries.

* Vologases I leads the Parthian army in a full-scale assault on the Euphrates, Legio X Fretensis and men of the other two legions ( Legio III Gallica and Legio VI Ferrata ) defending the eastern bank of the river, fighting off a desperate attack.

* Province of Iudaea ( Judea ): Titus Flavius Vespasianus arrives in Ptolemais, along with Legio X Fretensis and Legio V Macedonica to put down the Jewish Revolt.

* Herodium, Jewish fortress south of Jerusalem, is conquered and destroyed by Legio X Fretensis on their way to Masada.

* First Jewish-Roman War: The Roman army ( Legio X Fretensis ) under Lucilius Bassus lay siege to the Jewish garrison of Machaerus at the Dead Sea.

The Roman army ( Legio X Fretensis ) surrounds the mountain fortress with a 7-mile long siege wall ( circumvallation ) and built a rampart of stones and beaten earth against the western approach.

* Legio X Gemina moves to Vienna, where it remains until the 5th century.

* Winter – The Roman Legio X Fretensis is stationed in Syria, the legionaries are settled at the ancient city of Beirut.

Following the nomination of Maximinus as emperor, Alexander was assassinated ( on either 18 or 19 March 235 ), together with his mother, in a mutiny of the Legio XXII Primigenia at Moguntiacum.

The prefect of Legio II Augusta, Poenius Postumus, stationed near Exeter, ignored the call, and a fourth legion, IX Hispana, had been routed trying to relieve Camulodunum, but nonetheless the governor was able to call on almost ten thousand men.

For this purpose, a new legion was founded, Legio I Minervia, which constructed some 75 kilometres ( 46 mi ) of roads through Chattan territory to uncover the enemy's hiding places.

His first military service was as a tribune of the Legio II Adiutrix.

Later, he was to be transferred to the Legio I Minervia in Germany.

The recruitment of non-citizens was rare but appears to have occurred in times of great need ; For example Caesar appears to have recruited the Legio V Alaudae mostly from non-citizen Gauls.

At the end of the civil war against Mark Antony, Augustus was left with around fifty legions, with several double counts ( multiple Legio Xs for instance ).

Upon the accession of Claudius as emperor in 41, Vespasian was appointed legate of Legio II Augusta, stationed in Germania, thanks to the influence of the Imperial freedman Narcissus.

In 179, the Roman fort Castra Regina (" fortress by the river Regen ") was built for Legio III Italica during the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius.

Lambaesis was the seat of the Legio III Augusta, and the most important strategic centre, as commanding the passes of the Mons Aurasius, a mountain block which separated Numidia from the Gaetulian tribes of the desert, and which was gradually occupied in its whole extent by the Romans under the Empire.

The town was formally established as a colony for veterans of the Roman legion Legio VI Ferrata, which had its base there.

Significant Romanization occurred when the town was selected as the garrison of the Legio XV Apollinaris.

One such raid in AD 68 / 69 was intercepted by the Legio III Gallica with Roman auxiliaries, who destroyed a raiding force of 9, 000 Roxolanian cavalry encumbered by baggage.

As a military man, Gordian commanded the Legio IIII Scythica when the legion was stationed in Syria.

However, in early 268 he was challenged by Laelianus, probably one of his commanders, who was declared Emperor at Mogontiacum ( Mainz ) by his Legio XXII Primigenia.

In the Parthian war that followed, he was able to distinguish himself, which resulted in a string of promotions, and after postings in Britain ( as military tribune of the Legio VI Victrix ) and along the Danube, he served as a procurator in Dacia.

He was nominated to the command of the Legio XXII Primigenia in Mogontiacum ( now Mainz ).

Chester was founded as a " castrum " or Roman fort with the name Deva Victrix in the year 79 by the Roman Legio II Adiutrix during the reign of the Emperor Vespasian.

The ' victrix ' part of the name was taken from the title of the Legio XX Valeria Victrix which was based at Deva.

** Caesar becomes a provincial governor ( Proconsul ) and leads a Roman army ( 4 legions ; Legio VII, Legio VIII, Legio IX and the famous Legio X ) into Gaul.

Only the Legio IX Hispana is likely to have stayed there, as it is attested to being in residence at Eburacum ( York ) in 71 and on a building inscription there dated 108, before its eventual destruction fighting in the East, likely during the Bar Kochba Revolt.

To counter them, Legio V Macedonica, returning from the Parthian War, moved its headquarters from Troesmis in Moesia Inferior to Potaissa in Dacia Porolissensis.

Sestertius minted in 247 by Philip the Arab to celebrate Dacia province and its legions, Legio V Macedonica | V Macedonica and Legio XIII Gemina | XIII Gemina.

After the battle Caesar grant Legio V Alaudae the right to bear the elephant symbol on its shields and standards, for bravery against a charge of elephants.

As Caesar discovered with the Legio X Equestris, a powerful unit more dangerous than its fellow legions was desirable in the field.

Some historians argue that the actual settlement of Ramana near Baku was possibly founded by the Roman troops of Lucius Julius Maximus from Legio XII Fulminata in circa 84-96 AD and derives its name from the Latin Romana .< ref >

Legio prima Italica ( Latin for " First legion Italica "; the cognomen " Italica " is a reference to the Italian origin of its first recruits ) was a Roman legion levied by emperor Nero on September 22, 66 ( the date is attested by an inscription ).

Legio I Germanica ( Latin for " First legion Germanica "; the cognomen Germanica is a reference to its service in Germania inferior ) was a Roman legion, possibly levied in 48 BC by Julius Caesar to fight for him in the civil war against Pompey.

The Legio III Augusta built the thirty-nine kilometers of the Lambaesis aqueduct in eight months, and the Legion or its temporary successor kept the roads in repair throughout the period of military anarchy.

Legio I Macriana liberatrix ( Latin for " First legion Macriana liberatrix "; Macriana is a reference to its founder, Macer ) was a Roman legion levied in Africa by the governor Lucius Clodius Macer in 68.

Founded as the Roman military encampment of the Legio VI Victrix around 29 BC, its standing as an encampment city was consolidated with the definitive settlement of the Legio VII Gemina from 74 AD.

It appears to have received the appellation of Gemina on account of its amalgamation by Vespasian with one of the German legions, not improbably the Legio I Germanica.

Sestertius minted in 248 by Philip the Arab to celebrate the province of Dacia and its legions, Legio V Macedonica | V Macedonica and XIII Gemina.

* A fictionalized account of the actions of Legio XIII Gemina during the struggle between Julius Caesar and the Optimates faction under Pompey can be seen in the joint HBO / BBC / RAI television production Rome, most notably two of its soldiers: Centurion Lucius Vorenus and Legionary Titus Pullo, named after real-life Centurions Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo of the XI Legion.

Legio XX Valeria Victrix lends its name to the character Valeria Matuchek in Poul Anderson's Operation Chaos and its sequel Operation Luna ; her mother is said to describe this legion as the last to leave Britain -- " the last that stood aequel gainst Chaos.

Legio quarta Scythica ( Fourth Scythian Legion ) was a Roman legion levied by Mark Antony around 42 BC, for his campaign against the Parthian Empire, hence its other cognomen, Parthica.

The Romans lost some 6, 000 troops killed and many more wounded in the battle with Legio Fulminata losing its aquilla, as Gallus abandoned his troops in disarray fleeing to Syria.

* Legio XII Fulminata, a Roman legion which took its name and unit emblem from fulmen, Latin for Thunderbolt ; formed and commanded by Julius Caesar