III Augusta   Update 2.11.2016    
Sources          
1 Real-Encyclopädie article Legio by Ritterling p.1493-1505      
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History from 30 BC to 284 AD        
Date Action Legionary HQ Modern name Province Comment
30s BC probably raised by Octavian        
 after 30 moved to Africa Ammaedara Haidra, Tunisia Africa  
? 19 Augustus granted the title "Augusta"       after Cornelius Balbus' victory ?
14 AD first date attested in Africa        
17-24 Tacfarinas revolt        
39 Caius Caligula shifted control of legion from the proconsul of Africa to a legatus Augusti propraetore        
68-69 supported Clodius Macer        
by 75 moved to new base in Africa Theveste Tebessa, Algeria Africa  
101-106 ? Trajan's Dacian wars (vexillation)        
113-117 ? Trajan's Parthian wars (vexillation)        
c.115/120 moved to new base in Africa Lambaesis Tazoult-Lambese Numidia  
161-165 L.Verus' Parthian war (vexillation)        
166-180 M.Aurelius' Marcomannic wars (vexillation)        
193 supported Septimius Severus       received title "pia vindex"
195-197 Septimius Severus' Parthian wars (vexillation)        
215-218 Caracalla's Eastern expedition (vexillation)        
231-235 ? Severus Alexander's Eastern wars        
238 suppression of revolt by Gordian I and II        
238 disbanded by Gordian III because it was responsible for the deaths of his father and grandfather       damnatio memoriae
253 reformed by Valerian Lambaesis Tazoult-Lambese Numidia received title "Valeriana Galliena"
253 Valerian and Gallienus' German campaigns (vexillation)        
284 still in Africa     Numidia