Legio III Augusta ("Third Augustan Legion") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army. Its origin may have been the Republican 3rd Legion which served the...

Legio II Augusta (lit. Second Legion "Augustus'") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army that was founded during the late Roman republic. Its emblems...

Clodius Macer in 68. The purpose of the legion was to join forces with Legio III Augusta in support of the rebellion of Galba (governor of Hispania Terraconensis)...

Legio VIII Augusta ("Augustus' Eighth Legion") was one of the oldest legions of the Imperial Roman army. They were ordered to Cisalpine Gaul around 58...

Roman Legions: Legio III Augusta Legio III Cyrenaica Legio III Diocletiana Legio III Gallica Legio III Isaura Legio III Italica Legio III Parthica 3rd Legion...

encouraged by Galba, Macer raised a legion Legio I Macriana liberatrix in addition to the Legio III Augusta that he already commanded, presumably raising...

Numidian forces loyal to Maximinus invade Africa with support of Legio III Augusta. Gordian II is killed and after a siege, Gordian I commits suicide...

legatus legionis first Legio I Adiutrix, then Legio II Adiutrix, Legio V Macedonica, Legio XIII Gemina and Legio III Augusta – an almost unprecedented...

Legio III Gallica (lit. Third Legion "Gallic") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army. The cognomen Gallica suggests that its earliest recruits came...

events and gladiatorial games. Severus launches a campaign in Africa; Legio III Augusta under Quintus Anicius Faustus fights a guerrilla war against the Garamantes...

second century AD. In 128 AD, Catullinus was appointed Legate of Legio III Augusta in Numidia when the Emperor Hadrian visited the province. At that...

Legio III Italica ("Italian Third Legion") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army founded in 165 AD by the emperor Marcus Aurelius (r. AD 161–80) for...

inhabiting the area and aware of passages through the drying lands. The Legio III Augusta subsequently secured these routes on behalf of Rome by the 1st century...

Tertioaugustani (Legio III Augusta); Quinta Macedonica (Legio V Macedonica); Septima gemina (Legio VII Gemina); Decima gemina (Legio X Gemina); Prima...

Legio XIII Gemina, in English the 13th Twin Legion was a legion of the Imperial Roman army. It was one of Julius Caesar's key units in Gaul and in the...

with Cirta and Hippo, respectively. Lambaesis was the seat of the Legio III Augusta, and the most important strategic centre. It commanded the passes...

while on an inspection tour, during 128, at the new headquarters of Legio III Augusta in Lambaesis. Faced with a shortage of legionary recruits from Italy...

commissioned legatus legionis of two legions: Legio XV Apollinaris stationed in Cappadocia and Legio III Augusta, stationed in Numidia. J.E.L. Spaul dates...

with Cirta and Hippo, respectively. Lambaesis was the seat of the Legio III Augusta, and the most important strategic centre. It commanded the passes...

value to the Flavians when, as legatus legionis, or commander, of Legio III Augusta stationed in Africa, he assassinated the proconsul, who favored a...

campaigning success was achieved by Quintus Anicius Faustus, the legate of Legio III Augusta. Following his African conquests, the Roman Empire may have reached...

Pliny wrote that in 70 AD a legatus legionis, or commander, of the Legio III Augusta named Festus repeated the Balbus expedition toward the Niger River...

order to control the mountain region. During the 1st century CE, the Legio III Augusta resided there before being transferred to Lambaesis. It was made a...

Legio VI Victrix ("Victorious Sixth Legion") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army founded in 41 BC by the general Octavian (who, as Augustus, later...

accountant in the governor's office. Maximinus was the commander of the Legio IV Italica when Severus Alexander was assassinated by his own troops in...

campaign in the province of Africa. The legatus legionis or commander of Legio III Augusta, Quintus Anicius Faustus, had been fighting against the Garamantes...

Faustus in 197-201 AD. Anicius Faustus was appointed legatus of the Legio III Augusta and built several defensive forts of the Limes Tripolitanus in Tripolitania...

violent militias. Inscriptions at Lambaesis date the formation of Legio III Augusta military clubs to the reign of Septimius Severus (193–211) and indicate...

campaigning success was achieved by Quintus Anicius Faustus, the legate of Legio III Augusta. Following his African conquests, the Roman Empire may have reached...

Artorius Castus. The first unit mentioned on Castus's inscription is the legio III Gallica – for most of the 2nd and 3rd centuries the unit was stationed...