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...

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 in...

needed to identify a specific legion. For example, both Legio III Cyrenaica and Legio III Gallica were distinct, long-standing legions of the late Republic...

refer to: Gallic in Latin Legio III Gallica, a Roman legion Legio XVI Gallica, a Roman legion Via Gallica Rosa gallica Gallica, a kingdom in John Flanagan's...

Phoenician sun-deity Elagabalus (or El-Gabal) in Emesa. Soldiers from Legio III Gallica (Gallic Third Legion), that had been stationed at the nearby camp...

Legio XVI Gallica ("Gallic Sixteenth Legion") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army. The legion was recruited by Julius Caesar's adopted son, Octavian...

raised to the rank of Roman Senator. He was the commander of the Legio III Gallica, a legion located in Syria, which supported Elagabalus bid for power...

including Legio X Fretensis, Legio VI Ferrata, Legio III Gallica, Legio III Cyrenaica, Legio II Traiana Fortis, Legio X Gemina, cohorts of Legio V Macedonica...

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...

Verus, serving as legatus legionis or commander of Legio III Gallica. In 165, he led Legio III Gallica down the Euphrates, and defeated the Parthians at...

During the Year of Four Emperors, the legion followed the lead of Legio III Gallica in revolting against Vitellius and declaring for Vespasian. It was...

the defeat of the Bar Kokhba Revolt in 135. The Syria-based legion, Legio III Gallica, took part in the quelling of the revolt from 132 to 136, and in the...

priest of the god Elagabal, was proclaimed emperor by the soldiers of Legio III Gallica (Gallic Third Legion) at their camp in Raphanea on 16 May 218. In...

future in mind for him. He had begun attracting the soldiers of the Legio III Gallica stationed near Emesa, who would visit the city's temple occasionally...

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...

also acclaimed Vespasian as emperor in August. Three of these legions, III Gallica, VIII Augusta, and VII Claudia had been on their way to support Otho...

well. The Legio V was one of the original twenty-eight legions raised by Octavian. There are two other fifth legions recorded: the V Gallica and the V...

himself emperor, in opposition to Vitellius. Legio III Gallica and the other legion stationed in Moesia, Legio VII Claudia, responded by declaring for Vespasian...

Epiphanes and Callinicus ended in a draw, and Antiochus surrendered. The Legio III Gallica would occupy the area by 73 AD. A 1st-century letter in Syriac by...

quattuordecim natus annos Graecam tragoediam scripsi.": Epistulae VII. iv Epistulae III. xviii, here translated by Betty Radice, The Letters of the Younger Pliny...

Gaul, where Octavius aims to enlist the help of his uncle's former Legio III Gallica (Third Legion). According to the story, the Third Legion was disgraced...

unit or a vexillation, to Oescus in the year 81, where it replaced Legio III Gallica. His service as military tribune was followed by his term as quaestor...

executed, originally an officer of Legio IV Scythica Verus (late 219), in Syria, executed, commander of Legio III Gallica Uranius (c. 221), questioned existence...

Fulvus was the son of a senator of the same name, who, as legate of Legio III Gallica, had supported Vespasian in his bid to the Imperial office and been...

born in or around the year 119. He served as a military tribune in Legio III Gallica in Syria, probably about 136 when his father was governing the province...

Marcus Aurelius, VI, 2.1. In addition, some detachments of the Roman army (Legio I Parthica and Cohors IX Maurorum [Gordiana]) were left at Hatra. 231 Emperor...

with her. Back in Emesa, her grandson, Elagabalus. Soldiers from Legio III Gallica who were stationed near Emesa would visit the city occasionally, and...

Legio V Alaudae ("Fifth Legion of the Lark"), sometimes also known as Legio V Gallica ("Fifth Gallic Legion"), was a legion of the Roman army founded...

emperor in 217, Comazon orchestrated a revolt among the members of Legio III Gallica to help secure the throne for Elagabalus, who was tied to the Severan...

among the former Macedonian states. Avidius Cassius, commandant of Legio III Gallica, returning veterans, was promoted to Consul. He claimed descent from...