Neos Dionysos Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 Getting closer Neopolis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Favonius Cornelius Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 (edited) Hm, yes perhaps TOO close to the capital which would be sure to have a decent garrison would not be tactically feasible. Lidda? Edited January 19, 2006 by Favonius Cornelius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Germanicus Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 Laodicea ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pompeius magnus Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 (edited) Inside the walls of the roman camp Edited January 19, 2006 by pompeius magnus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlapse Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Caparcotna!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Germanicus Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Caparcotna!! Can you give us a source on this Moonlapse ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neos Dionysos Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Caparcotna!! Can you give us a source on this Moonlapse ? Agreed... I don't even see that city/town on any map either... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlapse Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 The place is also known as Megiddo(Armageddon) and later called Legio. Judaea was made into a consularship at the time, and 2 legions were required to be stationed there. While I have no direct data placing Legio II at the spot, all subsequent legions were stationed at either Caparcotna/Legio (X Fretensis, VI Ferrata) or Jerusalem/Aelia Capitolina. I'll collect all the references I've found and present them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Favonius Cornelius Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 While we are waiting for Moonlapse's info, I'll pose another question: The Kings of the Britons traced their lineage through a certain man, but what was the original Latin name of his home city? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.Clodius Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 That's gotta be Manchester! ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantagathus Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 The Kings of the Britons traced their lineage through a certain man, but what was the original Latin name of his home city? King of the who? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Favonius Cornelius Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Incorrect!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlapse Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Regarding Caparcotna/Legio as the location of Legio II Traiana Fortis c. AD 117 - I haven't been able to find references by classical authors, as yet. These two referrences are the most relevant and credible: "Palestine." Encyclop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Favonius Cornelius Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Favonius are you referring to Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae? Ahem, yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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