Legio XXVIII
The Legio XXVIII was a legion of the Roman army that was founded in 49 BC. BC was set up by Caesar for the civil war. The legion symbol is unknown.
The Legion was founded by Caesar in 47/46 BC. Used against the followers of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus in the province of Africa .
After the double battle of Philippine (42 v. Chr.) Between the Caesar killers Marcus Iunius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus on the one side and the Triumvirs Antony and Octavian on the other hand, Antony allowed by the legate Quintus Paquius Rufus in Philippine the Establish a Roman colony Colonia Victrix Philippi . A few hundred veterans of the Legio XXVIII and the cohors praetoria as well as Italian settlers were the first residents. The Legio XXVIII remained under the command of Mark Antony in the east of the empire.
The existence of this legion is only confirmed by a period between 42 and 31 BC. Evidence of an inscription dated to BC, which was found at Philippi (Kefalári). Sex (to) Volcasio / L (uci) f (ilio) Vol (tinia) leg (ionis) / XXVIII domo / Pisis.
At the latest in the year 31 BC. The Legion was dissolved.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Nic Fields: The Roman army: the civil wars, 88-31 BC , Osprey Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-1-84603-262-2 , pp. 56-60
- ^ Joseph A. Marchal: Hierarchy, Unity, and Imitation: A Feminist Rhetorical Analysis of Power Dynamics in Paul's Letter to the Philippians , ISBN 1-58983-243-4 , pp. 59-60
- ↑ a b Lukas Bormann : Philippi: Stadt und Christengemeinde zur Zeit des Paulus , Brill, 1994, pp. 21-23
- ^ Epigraphic database Heidelberg EDH
- ^ AE 1924, 55
literature
- Emil Ritterling : Legio (XXVIII). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XII, 2, Stuttgart 1925, Sp. 1821-1821.