In the Shadow of Armageddon

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In the second and third centuries CE, the Roman legionary camp at Legio helped secure Roman dominance over Judea. Its strategic location in the fertile Jezreel Valley, within sight of ancient Megiddo, made it a cornerstone of Rome’s eastern presence. Archaeology reveals details of daily life and the religious and cultural adaptations that took place at this critical outpost.

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Footnotes

1. “‘Legio Lane’ Unearthed Near Megiddo,” BAR, Fall 2024.

Endnotes

1. See Yotam Tepper, “The Roman Legionary Camp at Legio, Israel: Results of an Archaeological Survey and Observations on the Roman Military Presence at the Site,” in Ariel S. Lewin and Pietrina Pellegrini, eds., The Late Roman Army in the Near East from Diocletian to the Arab Conquest, BAR International Series 717 (Oxford: BAR Publishing, 2007), pp. 51–71.

2. Yotam Tepper and Leah Di Segni, A Christian Prayer Hall of the Third Century CE at Kefar ‘Othnay (Legio) (Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority, 2006).