Legio X Fretensis
X Fret. · Emblem: Boar · Active
Founding
40 BC by Augustus (named for the Battle of Naulochus in the Strait of Messina).
Fate
Captured Jerusalem in AD 70 and Masada in AD 73. Transferred to the Red Sea under Diocletian.
Recorded stations and itinerary
- 31 BC – AD 66SyriaStationed at Syria
- AD 73 – AD 300HierosolymaMoved to Hierosolyma (Jerusalem)
- AD 300 – AD 400AilaMoved to Aila (Aqaba, Red Sea)
Campaigns
- First Jewish–Roman War (AD 66) · alongside V Mace., XII Fulm., XV Apol.
- Bar Kokhba revolt (AD 132) · alongside VI Ferr., XXII Deio., IX Hisp.
- Aurelian’s Palmyrene campaign (AD 272) · alongside III Cyre., III Gall., IV Flav., IV Scyt., XII Fulm.