10-22-2006, 02:48 PM
hmmm it's hard to say which troops were in Jerusalem at that time. I just took a quick look at Flavius Josephus and at some other books but couldn't find any.
There are 4 legions stationed in Syria during that time (III Gallica, VI Ferrata, X Fretensis and XII Fulminata) but none in Judaea. Only detachments. Josephus mentions one incident where a cohort is in Jerusalem during a festival but i couldn't find any other units mentioned and he only says Roman cohort which could be anything he doesn't make a difference between legionaries and auxiliares in his book.
The legionaries were often used to assist the governor and such things. Imho executions and such things were probably carried out by the town garrison which was most probably local or roman auxiliary troops. My bet would be Judaean troops or Syrians but this is only a guess of course.
maybe someone else can shed more light into this?
ps> oh sorry we must have been posting at the same time.
There are 4 legions stationed in Syria during that time (III Gallica, VI Ferrata, X Fretensis and XII Fulminata) but none in Judaea. Only detachments. Josephus mentions one incident where a cohort is in Jerusalem during a festival but i couldn't find any other units mentioned and he only says Roman cohort which could be anything he doesn't make a difference between legionaries and auxiliares in his book.
The legionaries were often used to assist the governor and such things. Imho executions and such things were probably carried out by the town garrison which was most probably local or roman auxiliary troops. My bet would be Judaean troops or Syrians but this is only a guess of course.
maybe someone else can shed more light into this?
ps> oh sorry we must have been posting at the same time.
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