10-04-2015, 09:29 PM
Here is a post with the same topic.
[i]While no legion was actually stationed in Palestine, the Gospels refer to a cohort that mocked Jesus. There are several possibilities:
1. It was auxiliary troops, mostly units inherited from the various Herodian Kings that had been deposed. This is the most likely event. Such troops were not organized in legions, but in cohort-size units.
2. It could have been a detachment from a legion stationed in nearby Syria (Antioch). At that time, there were usually four such. While records are incomplete, the most likely candidates are III Gallica, VI Ferrata, X Fretensis and XII Fulminata.[/i}
Also auxiliaries were attached to legions so it would not be uncommon for a legion vexillia to be in Judea.
[i]While no legion was actually stationed in Palestine, the Gospels refer to a cohort that mocked Jesus. There are several possibilities:
1. It was auxiliary troops, mostly units inherited from the various Herodian Kings that had been deposed. This is the most likely event. Such troops were not organized in legions, but in cohort-size units.
2. It could have been a detachment from a legion stationed in nearby Syria (Antioch). At that time, there were usually four such. While records are incomplete, the most likely candidates are III Gallica, VI Ferrata, X Fretensis and XII Fulminata.[/i}
Also auxiliaries were attached to legions so it would not be uncommon for a legion vexillia to be in Judea.
James Ajiduah
