§39 Legio VI Ferrata

Legio VI Ferrata

(0039) Text: vexillatio | leg(ionis) VI Fer(ratae)

Translation: A detachment of legio VI Ferrata (Trans. Christopher B. Zeichmann)

Commentary: IGLS editors speculate that a detachment of legio VI Ferrata was involved in building the Gadora-Gerasa road, which would place them in the region circa 118-119 CE.

Provenience: Gadora, Palestine (Salt, Jordan) 100-200 CE

Bibliography: IGLS 21.3; David L. Kennedy, The Roman Army in Jordan, 1st ed. (London: Council for British Research in the Levant, 2000), 112.