id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-939 Legio V Macedonica - Wikipedia .html text/html 2899 435 70 Map of the Roman empire in AD 125, under emperor Hadrian, showing the LEGIO V MACEDONICA, stationed on the river Danube at Troesmis (Romania), in Moesia Inferior province, from AD 107 to 161 Based on a Roman inscription discovered near Betar, Hadrian removed the V Macedonica from Dacia (present-day Romania) and sent it to Provincia Iudaea, or what is Judea, along with Legio XI Claudia,[2] in order to put down an insurrection that broke out in the 16th year of his reign as Roman Emperor, while Tineius (Tynius) Rufus was governor of the province,[3] and which later became known as the Jewish Revolt under Bar Kokhba. When Emperor Lucius Verus started his campaign against the Parthians (161–166), the legion moved to the east, but was later returned in Dacia Porolissensis, with a basecamp in Potaissa. Tombstone of Legio V Macedonica soldier, found near Emmaus. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Legio V Macedonica. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-939.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-939.txt