Talk:Legio III Italica

Italica recruits from Italy ?
The first soldiers could also have come from Spain. "Italica" is the name of an important Roman settlement near todays Seville in Spain. Seville is in the marshes of the Guadalquivir river, where there are lots of storks (the legion`s symbol). So first recruits being from Italy should be checked.


 * My only source, livius.org says Italy, not Spain. Furthermore, this legion was raised togeterh to the II Italica, and it seems unlikely that a single city would provide 2 legions at the same time. However, if you have any proof in favour of Spain, tell us.--Panairjdde 09:26, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Language of the article
I am a novice editor, so I don't wish to cause offence, but the English of this article reads rather as if it has been translated from another language by a non-native speaker. Would it be desirable to attempt to improve flow and meaning? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fergus Wilde (talk • contribs) 10:46, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

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Use of "Vexillation" throughout the article - change to "detachment"?
Throughout the History section, the article refers to "vexillations" (also "vexillationes" and "a vexillation"). I have provided a translation "sub-unit" after the first mention, and an earlier editor has kindly done the same in the later section.

However, the History section is long (and potentially confusing for non-specialists), and the reader can easily forget this translation and constantly have to refer back to the top. I propose instead to invert the first mention in history so that it reads "attest to detachments (vexillationes)..." and then change each subsequent reference to "vexillations" or "a vexillation" to "detachments" or "a detachment" respectively. This would also involve editing the previous editor's work to change their translation of vexillationes to be "detachments" rather than "sub-units". In this, I am seeking consistency with the existing page on vexillationes, which describes them in the first line as "a detachment of a Roman legion"

I recognise that the Latin vexillatio- terms are the original and more technically accurate, but believe the continual references to an unusual word damage the readability and comprehensibility of the article, while adding nothing in terms of accuracy compared to the term detachment(s).

Comments are welcome, though I note this Talk page has not been used in several years, so I will make my changes on 5th June 2022 if there are no criticisms, then this topic can be used by anyone in the future who would want to revert or take a different approach

--Eborus13 (talk) 11:36, 3 June 2022 (UTC)