{"id":74211,"date":"2025-02-17T06:00:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T11:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/?p=74211"},"modified":"2025-02-14T18:41:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T23:41:58","slug":"more-of-megiddos-roman-legionary-camp-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/daily\/ancient-cultures\/ancient-israel\/more-of-megiddos-roman-legionary-camp-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"More of Megiddo\u2019s Roman Legionary Camp Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_74212\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/?attachment_id=74212\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-74212\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74212\" class=\"wp-image-74212 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/wp-content\/smush-avif\/2024\/02\/Excavation-of-the-Roman-legionary-camp-of-Legio.-Emil-Aladjem.-IAA-300x169.jpg.avif\" alt=\"Roman legionary camp of Legio\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/wp-content\/smush-avif\/2024\/02\/Excavation-of-the-Roman-legionary-camp-of-Legio.-Emil-Aladjem.-IAA-300x169.jpg.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/wp-content\/smush-avif\/2024\/02\/Excavation-of-the-Roman-legionary-camp-of-Legio.-Emil-Aladjem.-IAA-1024x576.jpg.avif 1024w, https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/wp-content\/smush-avif\/2024\/02\/Excavation-of-the-Roman-legionary-camp-of-Legio.-Emil-Aladjem.-IAA-768x432.jpg.avif 768w, https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/wp-content\/smush-avif\/2024\/02\/Excavation-of-the-Roman-legionary-camp-of-Legio.-Emil-Aladjem.-IAA-1536x864.jpg.avif 1536w, https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/wp-content\/smush-avif\/2024\/02\/Excavation-of-the-Roman-legionary-camp-of-Legio.-Emil-Aladjem.-IAA-350x197.jpg.avif 350w, https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/wp-content\/smush-avif\/2024\/02\/Excavation-of-the-Roman-legionary-camp-of-Legio.-Emil-Aladjem.-IAA.jpg.avif 1920w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 450px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 450\/253;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" data-smush-avif-fallback=\"{&quot;data-src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Excavation-of-the-Roman-legionary-camp-of-Legio.-Emil-Aladjem.-IAA-300x169.jpg&quot;,&quot;data-srcset&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Excavation-of-the-Roman-legionary-camp-of-Legio.-Emil-Aladjem.-IAA-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\\\/\\\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Excavation-of-the-Roman-legionary-camp-of-Legio.-Emil-Aladjem.-IAA-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\\\/\\\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Excavation-of-the-Roman-legionary-camp-of-Legio.-Emil-Aladjem.-IAA-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\\\/\\\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Excavation-of-the-Roman-legionary-camp-of-Legio.-Emil-Aladjem.-IAA-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\\\/\\\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Excavation-of-the-Roman-legionary-camp-of-Legio.-Emil-Aladjem.-IAA-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\\\/\\\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Excavation-of-the-Roman-legionary-camp-of-Legio.-Emil-Aladjem.-IAA.jpg 1920w&quot;}\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-74212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Excavation of the Roman legionary camp of Legio. <em> Courtesy Emil Aladjem. IAA. <\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>During excavations at the site of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/daily\/uncovering-a-roman-army-base-at-legio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Legio<\/a>, at the foot of Tel Megiddo in northern Israel, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) uncovered the main road and monumental buildings of the Roman legionary camp of the VIth Ferrata <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/daily\/news\/finding-the-ironsides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ironclad Legion<\/a>. 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