III Cyrenaica		Update	2.11.2016
Sources
1	Real-Encyclopädie article Legio by Ritterling	p.1506-1517
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History	from 30 BC to 284 AD
Date	Action	Legionary HQ	Modern name	Province	Comment
c.31 BC	probably raised by M.Antonius in Cyrenaica			Cyrenaica
30	moved by Octavian to Egypt	Thebes ?	Luxor	Aegyptus
26-24	? Aelius Gallus' Arabian campaign
11 AD	first secure attestation date
14/35?	moved to Alexandria	Alexandria	Alexandria	Aegyptus	double legonary base with XXII Dei
63	Corbulo's Parthian war (vexillation)
69-70	Jewish revolt in Judaea (vexillation)
106	invaded kingdom of Nabataea
106	based at Bostra in Arabia	Bostra	Bosra, Syria	Arabia
113-117	Trajan's campaign against Parthia
119	attested in Egypt again	Alexandria	Alexandria	Aegyptus
120/127	probably left Egypt (for Syria or Arabia, unknown)				replaced by 128 by II Tra
132-135	2nd Jewish revolt in Judaea
by c.140	returned to Arabia	Bostra	Bosra, Syria	Arabia
161-166	? Lucius Verus' Parthian wars
175	supported Avidius Cassius against M.Aurelius
193-194	Pescennius Niger's civil war against Septimius Severus
195-197	? Septimius Severus' Parthian wars
211/218	had title "Antoniniana"
218	Caracalla's Parthian campaign
222/235	had title "Severiana"
231-235	? Severus Alexander's Eastern wars
258-260	? Gallienus' campaigns against the Alamanni anf Franks (vexillation)
260	? Valerian's campaign against the Persians
272-273	Aurelian's campaign against Palmyra				or III Gal
284	still in Arabia	Bostra	Bosra, Syria	Arabia