Legio IIII Sorana

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The Legio IIII Sorana was a legion of the Roman army that formed in 43 BC. BC by the consul Gaius Vibius Panza Caetronianus for the Senate party to fight in the civil war against the Caesarians under Mark Antony .

The Legio IIII Sorana was relocated to Sora during the second triumvirate (43–32 BC), perhaps after the Battle of Philippi (42 BC) , where the veterans represented the majority of the population. Presumably the Legion got its name Sorana only in this context. According to another view, the name already indicates an excavation in Sora. Members of the Legion, such as the Primus Pilus and Tribunus militum Lucius Firmius, continued their cursus honorum in a civilian career.

The Legio IIII Scythica may have emerged from the Legio IIII Sorana , but this theory is controversial.

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  1. ^ A b c Lesley Adkins , Roy A. Adkins: Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome. Updated edition. Facts On File, New York NY 2004, ISBN 0-8160-5026-0 , pp. 57-59.
  2. ^ Emil Ritterling : Legio (IIII Sorana). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XII, 2, Stuttgart 1925, Sp. 1564.
  3. ↑ CIL 10, 5713 .
  4. ^ Edward Bispham: From Asculum to Actium. The Municipalization of Italy from the Social War to Augustus. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2008, ISBN 978-0-19-923184-3 , pp. 296f. and pp. 485/486.
  5. ^ Lawrence Keppie: The making of the Roman Army. From Republic to Empire. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman OK 1998, ISBN 0-8061-3014-8 , p. 206.