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    Legio X Fretensis ("Tenth legion of the Strait") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army. It was founded by the young Gaius Octavius (later to become...
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  • Gemina, which resulted from the amalgamation of Legio X Equestris with another unknown legion; Legio X Fretensis, a legion widely known for the suppression...
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    rise of Christianity as a new, separate religion. After the war, Legio X Fretensis established a military camp on Jerusalem's ruins. the city was later...
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    country (dedicated by) the 10th legion Fretensis Antoniniana. The inscription was dedicated by Legio X Fretensis to the emperor Hadrian in the year 129/130...
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  • possibly 78 to 81; the governorship of Judea was paired with command of Legio X Fretensis. First proposed by Bartolomeo Borghesi, but later accepted by Syme...
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  • assert Julius Severus was his uncle. He served as tribune in the legio X Fretensis when Julius Severus was governor of Judaea from 132 to 135. That Verus...
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    the Roman governor of Judaea, Lucius Flavius Silva, led Roman legion X Fretensis, a number of auxiliary units and Jewish prisoners of war, totaling some...
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    consul. Silva was the commander of the army, composed mainly of the Legio X Fretensis, in 72 AD that laid siege to the near-impregnable mountain fortress...
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    Undecimani". lukeuedasarson.com. Retrieved 16 August 2017. Edward Dabrowa, Legio X Fretensis: A Prosopographical Study of its Officers (I-III c. A.D.) (Stuttgart:...
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  • reviews and grossed $46 million worldwide. Clavius, a Roman Tribune of Legio X Fretensis, supervises the crucifixion of Yeshua (Jesus) and orders his men to...
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    X Fretensis and V Macedonica, landed at Ptolemais in April 67. There he was joined by his son Titus, who arrived from Alexandria at the head of Legio...
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    Corbulo, with the legions XV Apollinaris, III Gallica, V Macedonica, X Fretensis and XXII, forced Vologases I of Parthia to a compromise peace in 63,...
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    Legio V Macedonica (the Fifth Macedonian Legion) was a Roman legion. It was probably originally levied in 43 BC by consul Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus...
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    Following the fall of Jerusalem, Titus left for Rome, while Legion X Fretensis defeated the remaining Jewish strongholds later on, finalizing the Roman...
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  • Jewish fortress south of Jerusalem, is conquered and destroyed by Legio X Fretensis on their way to Masada. Doncaster is founded by Roman settlers. The...
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  • French). Paris: Seuil. ISBN 978-2-02-025932-3. Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, X, 74. Cassius Dio, Lucius. History of Rome. p. Book LXVIII.8. Coarelli, Filippo...
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    Tiberius and became a prominent senator and general, commanding the Legio X Fretensis under Vespasian in the First Jewish-Roman War. Trajan's mother was...
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    vassal kingdom. This was followed by the arrival of the Roman legion Legio X Fretensis the following year. Roman authority was minimal during the first century...
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    new status of the province also implies that a standing legion, the legio X Fretensis, was stationed in Judaea. The headquarters of the 10th legion was...
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  • 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...
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    Jewish fortress south of Jerusalem, is conquered and destroyed by Legio X Fretensis on their way to Masada. Doncaster is founded by Roman settlers. The...
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    a magnet for resistance against Roman rule. Following a siege by Legio X Fretensis under Bassus in 71 CE, the Jewish defenders eventually surrendered...
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    under the emperor's patronage, Josephus wrote that after the Roman Legio X Fretensis, accompanied by Vespasian, destroyed Jericho on 21 June 68, Vespasian...
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    defense of the Denteleti in 28-29BC with Legio IIII Scythica, Legio V Macedonica and possibly Legio X Fretensis. [unreliable source?] Raids[citation needed]...
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    ruler of Armenia. 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...
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    launched raids against communities in the Dead Sea region. The Roman Legio X Fretensis rose on Masada in eight camps, and constructed a large siege ramp...
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    province, namely the Negev and the Sinai Peninsula. He moved the Legio X Fretensis from Aelia Capitolina to Aila (today's Eilat/Aqaba) to secure the...
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  • offices: a hitch as military tribune in Legio IV Scythica, then another hitch as military tribune in Legio X Fretensis. He returned to Rome to serve as quaestor...
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    full-scale assault on the Euphrates. Legio X Fretensis and men of the other two legions (Legio III Gallica and Legio VI Ferrata) defend the eastern bank...
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  • colonia, named Colonia Julia Augusta Felix Berytus. Winter – The Roman Legio X Fretensis is stationed in Syria, and the legionaries are settled at the ancient...
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