III Augusta		Update	2.11.2016
Sources
1	Real-Encyclopädie article Legio by Ritterling	p.1493-1505
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History	from 30 BC to 284 AD
Date	Action	Legionary HQ	Modern name	Province	Comment
30s BC	probably raised by Octavian
after 30	moved to Africa	Ammaedara	Haidra, Tunisia	Africa
? 19	Augustus granted the title "Augusta"				after Cornelius Balbus' victory ?
14 AD	first date attested in Africa
17-24	Tacfarinas revolt
39	Caius Caligula shifted control of legion from the proconsul of Africa to a legatus Augusti propraetore
68-69	supported Clodius Macer
by 75	moved to new base in Africa	Theveste	Tebessa, Algeria	Africa
101-106	? Trajan's Dacian wars (vexillation)
113-117	? Trajan's Parthian wars (vexillation)
c.115/120	moved to new base in Africa	Lambaesis	Tazoult-Lambese	Numidia
161-165	L.Verus' Parthian war (vexillation)
166-180	M.Aurelius' Marcomannic wars (vexillation)
193	supported Septimius Severus				received title "pia vindex"
195-197	Septimius Severus' Parthian wars (vexillation)
215-218	Caracalla's Eastern expedition (vexillation)
231-235	? Severus Alexander's Eastern wars
238	suppression of revolt by Gordian I and II
238	disbanded by Gordian III because it was responsible for the deaths of his father and grandfather				damnatio memoriae
253	reformed by Valerian	Lambaesis	Tazoult-Lambese	Numidia	received title "Valeriana Galliena"
253	Valerian and Gallienus' German campaigns (vexillation)
284	still in Africa			Numidia