Legio IV Scythica
IV Scyt. · Emblem: Capricorn · Active
Founding
42 BC by Mark Antony.
Fate
Stationed along the Euphrates River border with Parthia/Persia.
Recorded stations and itinerary
- 31 BC – AD 58MoesiaStationed at Moesia
- AD 68 – AD 400ZeugmaMoved to Zeugma (Syria)
Campaigns
- Trajan’s Parthian War (AD 115) · alongside III Cyre., III Gall., XII Fulm., XV Apol., XVI Flav.
- Severan Parthian War (AD 197) · alongside I Part., II Part., III Part., III Gall., XVI Flav.
- Aurelian’s Palmyrene campaign (AD 272) · alongside III Cyre., III Gall., IV Flav., X Fret., XII Fulm.