Trivia Thread Resurrection

[The Brain]

I heard Alaric's crap was in Italy, but it's been years since I read about it.

[Maladict]

Did he bury it then divert a river over the site so no-one would find it?

Yes, he was buried with it, allegedly in a river bed near Cosenza in southern Italy.

But as others have noted, it is a story attributed to various historical figures.

[grumbler]

I was confusing Alaric and Brennus, anyway. 

[The Brain]

Geese.

[Agelastus]

I was confusing Alaric and Brennus, anyway.

My first reaction to your post was Brennus but then I second guessed myself into thinking that was too far in the past compared to when the gold disappeared.

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Question:

Around the year 300, how many 3rd (III) Legions were in service with the Roman Empire?

[The Brain]

3.

[Agelastus]

3.

Nope.

[grumbler]

3.

Nope.

III

[Agelastus]

3.

Nope.

III

I really, really wish it was that number just for the amusement factor, but unfortunately...no

Now, if we were talking 1AD and not 300AD you would have been right.

[Josquius]

V!

Did he bury it then divert a river over the site so no-one would find it?

Yeah, it was up by Narbo in Roman Gaul, but I don't remember the name of the town.  Colleen McCullough had a fun little story about that...

Tolusa.  It was the "Gold of Tolusa"

Huh
Just read about this. The gallic invasion of Greece is not something I've ever heard of. Sounds so impossibly unlikely and bizzare on the surface of it.
I should have taken classics at a level.

[The Larch]

IIRC it was something silly like 5 or 6 3rd legions. Yet the silliest was the 1st legion, of which there were more than 10. There were 5 Legio I Flavia + extra apellative alone.

[Agelastus]

Actually, open floor. I withdraw my question as I should have said 200 AD as the year, not 300 AD.

The answer should have been five -

III Augusta (Raised by Augustus)
III Cyrenaica (Raised by M. Antonius)
III Gallica (Raised by Caesar)
III Italica (Raised by Aurelius)
III Parthica (Raised by Severus)

[The Larch]

Ah, so pre-Diocletian's reform then. That was a clearer time, as afterwards IIRC there was a lot of mix up with regular troops and border troops, with all of them being lumped together as legions while there were actually different ranks between them.

[The Larch]

Now that we are talking about Imperial Roman Legions, a question about them!

By the early IIIrd century AD the overwhelming majority of Roman legions were stationed in the different border provinces, except for two. Which regions did those two legions cover?

[Caliga]

One was stationed in Italia, the other Egypt?