Legio III Flavia Salutis

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The Legio III Flavia Salutis (“third Flavian Salvation Legion”) was a legion of the late ancient Roman army.

Legion history

Shield painting of the Tertia Flavia Salutis , in the early 5th century.

The sister legions Legio I Flavia Pacis , Legio II Flavia Virtutis and Legio III Flavia Salutis were presumably set up by Constantius I (293-305) after defeating the usurpers Carausius and Allectus , to serve as a limitanei under the command of the Dux tractus Armoricani et Nervicani to secure the Gallic Atlantic coast against pirates. According to another opinion, the legion of Constantine the Great was formed after 312 by renaming a tetrarchical legion. An even later list under Constantius II (337–361) was also considered.

Constantine the Great (306–337) released vexillations from the legions , which he incorporated into the field army as Comitatenses . It is possible that the legions were given the nicknames Pacis , Virtutis and Salutis at this time .

Flavius ​​Theodosius , the father of Theodosius I (379–395), moved the legions 373 to North Africa to overthrow the usurper Firmus . The conflict took place mainly in the regions of Mauretania Caesariensis and Mauretania Sitifensis .

In the early 5th century the Tertia Flavia Salutis is mentioned in the Notitia Dignitatum as Comitatenses under the supreme command of the magister peditum . As Tertiani they were subordinate to the Comes Africae .

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  1. ↑ a b Notitia Dignitatum Occ. V.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Ralf Scharf: The Dux Mogontiacensis and the Notitia Dignitatum , pp. 226–237.
  3. ^ Hugh Elton: Warfare and the Military ; In: Noel Emmanuel Lenski (ed.): The Cambridge companion to the Age of Constantine , Volume 13, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2006, ISBN 0-521-52157-2 , p. 331
  4. ↑ Notitia Dignitatum Occ. VII.