The Legio IV Italica ("Italian Fourth Legion") was a
legion of the
Imperial Roman army raised in AD 231 by emperor
Alexander Severus. The legion remained in existence as late as AD 400.
History
The legion was raised during the reign of
Alexander Severus in 231, with Italian and
Pannonian soldiers, and perhaps took soon part in the expedition against the
Sassanids in 231–231.[1]
The legion participated in all of Maximinus' campaigns in the Danubian area in 235–238.[3] Under
Gordian III, it returned to the eastern frontier in 242–244 to fight the Sassanids under the prefect Serapamo,[4] with its base set perhaps in the province of
Mesopotamia.[5][dubious –
discuss] Nischer speculates it may have later been based in the Gaul under
Diocletian.[6]
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E. C. Nischer, The army reforms of Dioclatian and Constantine and their modifications up to the time of the Notitia Dignitatum, Journal of Roman Studies n.13, Londra 1923.
H. M. D. Parker, "The legions of Diocletian and Constantine", in Journal of Roman Studies 23, 1933, London.