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Lambaesis
Q1309744Lambaesis: Roman fortress in Numidia, base of the Third Legion Augusta.
Lambaesis
- Lambaesis was already occupied (in 81 CE?) by a subunit or an auxilary unit, but became a huge military settlement when the emperor Hadrian transferred the Third Legion Augusta to this place. This must have happened in c.125 CE.
- Hadrian visited the fortress in the early summer of 128. An inscription records his speech.
- Veterans were settled in Cuicul, Sitifis, and Thamugadi.
- Several monuments in the neighborhood: amphitheater, arch of Commodus
- In the third century, III Augusta was temporarily disbanded (from 238 to 253). Perhaps, a (sub)unit of VII Gemina took over.
- Byzantine fort
- Sanctuary: Capitol and temple of Asclepius