07-22-2008, 11:23 AM
If you are looking for some better researched ideas on the origins of the Imperial legions, including the 10th legions (yes, there was more than one), one of your best bets is Lawrence Keppie, 1998, "The Making of the Roman Army, from Republic to Empire", rev. ed., Norman, OK, University of Oaklahoma. I own an earlier edition, but at the back is a list of the Imperial legions and notes on their possible origins.
It is only during the civil wars that one sees legions raised outside of Italy and that was done primarily in the eastern regions-Galatia, Syria, etc.. Caesar's V Alaudae were an exception and had a tough time being accepted as Roman soldiers. It is really only with Caesar, the Gallic War/Civil War and due to his keeping his soldiers under arms for a longer than usual period that one sees them developing a longer term sense of identity as legions.
During the Principate, once the legions were reorganized by Augustus, Italy continued to be the place and population from which new legions were raised. Even the two Adiutrix legions were technically raised in Italy from members of the Ravenna and Misenum fleets
It is only during the civil wars that one sees legions raised outside of Italy and that was done primarily in the eastern regions-Galatia, Syria, etc.. Caesar's V Alaudae were an exception and had a tough time being accepted as Roman soldiers. It is really only with Caesar, the Gallic War/Civil War and due to his keeping his soldiers under arms for a longer than usual period that one sees them developing a longer term sense of identity as legions.
During the Principate, once the legions were reorganized by Augustus, Italy continued to be the place and population from which new legions were raised. Even the two Adiutrix legions were technically raised in Italy from members of the Ravenna and Misenum fleets
Quinton Johansen
Marcus Quintius Clavus, Optio Secundae Pili Prioris Legionis III Cyrenaicae
Marcus Quintius Clavus, Optio Secundae Pili Prioris Legionis III Cyrenaicae
