Ceasar's Legion

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er of Pompey the Great, the North African campaigns, Caesar’ last battle, and the Judean offensive in 67 A.D. After the death of Juluis Caesar, the 10th marched for mark Antony, Augustus, and Vespain. Whipping out the Parthian under Corbulo and squashing the Jewish revolt. This book contains an atlas of territories ravaged by the elite 10th Legion. The Atlas contains maps of, “The West,” First Century B.C., Britain and Gaul, 58-50 B.C., “The East,” First Century B.C., Spain, First Century B.C., Southern Italy, The Balkans, Greece, and Asia, First Century B.C., and The Middle East, First Century A.D. The book also contains an appendix ranging from A-G. Appendix A deals with the Legions of Rome, from 30 B.C.- 233 A.D. In this appendix, Collins lists over 50 Legions that existed in this time period. According to Collins, this source comes from Cassius Dio. Cassius dio was a Greek historian born in the Roman province of Bithynia in about 150 A.D. He joined the Senate under the emperor Commudus. Dio worked from existing sources and clearly based much of his first century narrative on Tacitus. Appendix B consists of the reenlistment factors of the Roman Legions. The reenlistment factor allows us to calculate the ages of the legions, because all new recruits were a minimum of twenty years of age on entry into the Imperial Legions. Appendix C contains the uniqueness of the Legion and commands in E...