 Lajjun is about 1 kilometer ( 0 @.@ 62 mi ) south of Tel Megiddo , also called Tell al @-@ Mutasallim , which is identified with ancient Megiddo . During the rule of the Canaanites and then the Israelites , Megiddo , located on the military road leading from Asia to Egypt and in a commanding situation , was heavily fortified by both peoples . After the Bar Kochba Revolt — a Jewish uprising against the Roman — had been suppressed in 135 CE , the Roman emperor Hadrian ordered a second Roman legion , Legio VI Ferrata , ( " Ironclad " ) , to be stationed in the north of the country to guard the Wadi Ara region , a crucial line of communication between the coastal plain of Palestine and the Jezreel Valley . The place where it established its camp was known as Legio . Then in the 3rd century CE , when the army was removed , Legio became a city and its name was augmented with the adjectival Maximianopolis . 
