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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 Augustus Caesar) in 41/40 BC to fight during the period of civil war that started the dissolution of the Roman Republic. X Fretensis is then recorded to have existed at least until the 410s.
Legion X Fretensis został użyty do zdobycia umocnionych miast Tarichacae i Gamala, położonych na wschodnim i zachodnim brzegu Jeziora Genezaret (Galilejskiego). Następnie Wespazjan osadził legion w Scythopolis, na zachodnim brzegu rzeki Jordan.
Legio X Fretensis został sformowany przez Oktawiana, przypuszczalnie na Sycylii (stąd Fretensis – „znad cieśniny [Mesyńskiej]”) . Wiadomo, że za panowania Oktawiana Augusta i Tyberiusza Legio X Fretensis (lub przynajmniej jego część) stacjonował w Cyrrhus w Syrii .
Legion X Fretensis was used to capture the fortified cities of Tarichacae and Gamala, located on the eastern and western shores of Lake Gennesaret (Galilee). Vespasian then deposited the legion in Scythopolis, on the west bank of the Jordan River.
20 sie 2021 · Legio X Fretensis was a legion of the Roman army formed by either Julius Caesar or Augustus. The legion spent most of its existence in the East, primarily in Judea. It participated in Corbulo’s two Armenian campaigns as well as Vespasian and Titus ’ battle against the Great Jewish Revolt of 66 CE, besieging both Jerusalem and Masada. Name & Origin.
In addition to the historical sources and the epigraphic finds – the bulk of military small finds, that were revealed in several sites around the Old City, indicate the presence of the X Fretensis in Jerusalem: Coins of Aelia Capitolina, bearing symbols of the Tenth Legion; bread stamps of a military bakery, carrying the symbol of the ...
Legio X Fretensis (Tenth Legion of the Straits)— was a Roman legion formed by Octavian Augustus in 41 or 40 BCE for the war against Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus' younger son, Sextus Pompeius, who controlled the island of Sicily and was one of the leaders of the Pompeians.
