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Legio XXII Deiotariana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Legio XXII Deiotariana was a Roman legion, levied approximately in 48 BC and probably destroyed in AD Its cognomen comes from Deiotarus, a Celtic king, and its emblem is unknown, but could be a Galatian symbol. |
 | | Flavius Vespasianus entered in Iudaea in 68 with the legions V Macedonica, X Fretensis, XV Apollinaris, one vexillatio of 1,000 legionars of the XXII, and 15,000 soldiers from the Eastern allies, and started the siege of Jerusalem (69), which would be completed by his son T. |
 | | Probably, XXII Deiotariana was destroyed during the Jewish rebellion of Simon bar Kochba (132–136). |
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