The architectural role of the third Augustan division in the cities of the province of Numidia and Mauretania Caesarea - an epigraphic study –

Abstract

The role of the Third Augustan Legion was considered the focus of many studies that agree on the military role of the Legion, which had great impact and importance on the economic, social and cultural aspects of the areas in which it imposed its presence, ignoring its great contribution to the architectural development of the region From this point of view, our study came in order to identify the most important contributions made by the Legion in the field of architectural development, which he had provided at the level of the city in which Lambaesis was stationed; or even its neighboring cities; As well as the military centers that were under its authority, and then understanding the nature of the works that he was providing, as well as the interpretation of the centralization of his architectural interventions in the city of Lambaesis, to the exclusion of other cities.