 Legio lies along Palestine’s Via Maris, an ancient trade route linking Egypt with the northern empires of Syria, Anatola and Mesopotamia in the early bronze age.In 2002–2003, an archaeological survey was conducted in the Legio region by Yotam Tepper as part of his master's thesis.The survey located the legionary camp on the northern slope of El-Manach hill, the village of Ceparcotani on the adjacent hill, and the city of Maximianopolis on the site of the contemporary Kibbutz Megiddo.