Legio III Parthica ("Parthian-conquering Third Legion") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army founded in AD 197 by the emperor Septimius Severus (r....

Legio I Parthica (Latin for "1st Parthian Legion") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army founded in AD 197 by the emperor Septimius Severus (r. 193–211)...

Legio II Parthica ("Parthian-conquering Second Legion") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army founded in AD 197 by the emperor Septimius Severus (r...

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

As it was on the frontier it had a Roman legion stationed there. Legio III Parthica and its Castrum (homebase) may have been Rhesaina, but that is uncertain...

a province on the frontier it had a Roman legion stationed there, Legio III Parthica and its Castrum (homebase) was Resaena though there are some doubts...

Italica (?), II Traiana (?), III Augusta, III Italica, Legio IV Flavia Felix, Legio V Macedonica, Legio X Gemina, Legio XIII Gemina and XXII Primigenia...

hence its other cognomen, Parthica. The legion was still active in the Roman province of Syria in the early 5th century. The Legio IV Scythica was founded...

city. After four weeks, Maximinus' demoralized army mutinied and the Legio II Parthica murdered him. The situation for Pupienus and Balbinus, despite Maximinus'...

Legio IX Hispana ("9th Hispanian Legion"), also written as Legio VIIII Hispana, was a legion of the Imperial Roman army that existed from the 1st century...

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...

Aquileia, where he was assassinated by disaffected elements of the Legio II Parthica. Maximinus is described by several ancient sources, though only Herodian's...

III Isaura III Iulia Alpina: comitatensis under the command of the Magister Peditum command in Italy Legio IV IV Italica IV Martia IV Parthica Legio V...

Romans as an advanced colony against the Persians. It was the camp of legio I Parthica. Its position south-east of Nisibis was indifferently defined by ancient...

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...

from famine and disease, while the city is besieged. Soldiers of Legio II Parthica kill him in his tent, along with his son Maximinus (who is appointed...

sixth cohort. Simplicinius Victor, a centurion in the Legio I Minervia and Legio III Parthica, was buried at Bonna in Germania Inferior, in a tomb dedicated...

Legio II Flavia Virtutis ("brave Flavian") was a comitatensis Roman legion, levied by Emperor Constantius II (337–361), together with I Flavia Pacis and...

Legio VI Hispana ("Sixth (Hispanian) Legion") may have been a legion of the Imperial Roman army. Only a few records attesting a "VI Hispana" were known...

Legio II Isaura was a pseudocomitatensis Roman legion, levied no later than under Diocletian, and possibly already present under Probus. As their name...

embark on an artificial canal between the Tigris and Euphrates. Legio I, II, and III Parthica are levied by Septimius Severus for his Parthian campaign. The...

Minervia, I Pontica (under Diocletian), II Adiutrix, II Italica, legio II Parthica, III Italica, IIII Flavia, IIII Italica (under Alexander Severus), V...

permanently affect his military career. In the year 218 he commanded the Legio II Parthica, which was temporarily stationed in Apamea in Syria. Upon the accession...

Romans sent the Legio XV Apollinaris from Pannonia to Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo, legatus of Syria. In 63, strengthened further by the legions III Gallica, V...

these events, Macrinus traveled to Apamea to ensure the loyalty of Legio II Parthica before setting off to march against Emesa. According to Dio, Macrinus...

the introduction of the three new legions: I, II and III Parthica. He garrisoned Legio II Parthica at Albanum, only 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Rome. He...

at least the 2nd century AD. As a consequence, the Phalangarii of Legio II Parthica may not have been pikemen, but rather standard battle line troops...

Sasanian invasion, remnants of the Roman army, including units from the Legio I Parthica and the Cohors IX Maurorum Gordiana, became stationed near Hatra. A...

comitatenses, which were stationed in strategic points within the empire. Legio II Parthica, which was garrisoned in the Alban mountains outside Rome from the...

these events, Macrinus travelled to Apamea to ensure the loyalty of Legio II Parthica before setting off to march against Emesa. According to Dio, Macrinus...