From that time IIII Scythica permanently remained in the province Syria (listing of legions from the time of Pius   CIL  VI  3492, list of Cassius Dio LV  23, 3 under Alexander: - Greek - tétartou Schuthichòn èn Suría): since its division under Severus in the northern part of Syria Coele (Dio  LXXIX  7, 1). The place of its winter camp is not well known; but the majority of its monuments found in the province originate from the northern part.  There also the measure of Severus leads to its permanent camp, not too far from the provincial capital Antiochia, referring to the fact that in all well-known cases, in which the substitution of the provincial governor made itself necessary, this became delegated to the commander of IIII Scythica; e.g. to Iulius Severus during the Jewish war under Hadrian (Cagnat  IGR  III  174, 175), to A. Larcius Priscus perhaps in the year 162 CE (CIL  VIII  17891, Année épigr. 1908 No. 237). In addition it is correct that unusually numerous  tribuni laticlavii  are provable in the legion, evidently coming from  senatorial families intimate by relationship or close friendly relations to the high ranking Syrian governor (see Ritterling, Österreichische Jahreshefte  X 309, 18; see below the list of the legionary tribunes). The proximity of the shining capital of the east made it particularly worthwhile to fulfill the military service time in a legion as close as possible to the provincial capital for distinguished young people. The assumption, that the permanent camp of IIII Scythica had been situated at Zeugma from the end of the 1. century (von Domaszewski, Abhandlung zur römischen Religion 198, 1) can very probably be applicable; otherwise Cyrrhus would have encamped nearer to the capital, which could also be imagined for this time until the elevation of Trajan, where there had been the permanent quarters of X Fretensis in the time of Tiberius (Tac. ann. II 57; see below legion X Fretensis).