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<div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Roman legion</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with the various other <a href="/wiki/Legio_II_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Legio II (disambiguation)">Legiones II</a> of the Roman Army.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Second Legion <i>Augusta</i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Legio II Augusta<br />Legio Secunda Augusta</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Roman_Empire_125.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Roman_Empire_125.png/300px-Roman_Empire_125.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="249" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Roman_Empire_125.png/450px-Roman_Empire_125.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Roman_Empire_125.png/600px-Roman_Empire_125.png 2x" data-file-width="2186" data-file-height="1817" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Map of the Roman empire in AD 125, under emperor <a href="/wiki/Hadrian" title="Hadrian">Hadrian</a>, showing the Legio II Augusta, stationed at <a href="/wiki/Isca_Silurum" class="mw-redirect" title="Isca Silurum">Isca Silurum</a> (Caerleon, Wales), in <a href="/wiki/Roman_Britain" title="Roman Britain">Britannia</a> province, from AD 74 to at least 269</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">43 BC to sometime in the 4th century AD</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Roman Republic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roman_legion" title="Roman legion">Roman legion</a> (<a href="/wiki/Marian_reforms" title="Marian reforms">Marian</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data">Infantry assault (some cavalry support)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">Varied over unit lifetime. Approx. 3,500 fighting men + support at the time of creation.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Garrison/HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hispania_Tarraconensis" title="Hispania Tarraconensis">Hispania Tarraconensis</a> (25 BC - AD 9)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germania" title="Germania">Germania</a> (9 - 17)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argentoratum" title="Argentoratum">Argentoratum</a> (17-43)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Britain" title="Roman Britain">Britannia</a> (43-269)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glevum" title="Glevum">Glevum</a> (66-74)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isca_Augusta" title="Isca Augusta">Isca Augusta</a> (Caerleon) (74 - c. 208)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carpow" title="Carpow">Carpow</a> (<i>c.</i> 208-<i>c.</i> 235)</li> <li>Isca Augusta (235 - after 255)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><i>Augusta</i>, "Augustan" under Augustus</li> <li><i>Antonina</i>, "Antoninian" under Caracalla or Elagabalus</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Patron</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Augustus" title="Augustus">Augustus</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Mascot(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Capricornus" title="Capricornus">Capricornus</a>, in its sea-goat form the astrological sign of II Augusta's patron, <a href="/wiki/Augustus" title="Augustus">Augustus</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Philippi" title="Battle of Philippi">Philippi</a> (42 BC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Perugia" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Perugia">Perugia</a> (41 BC-40 BC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cantabrian_Wars" title="Cantabrian Wars">Cantabrian Wars</a> (25 BC-19 BC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_invasion_of_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman invasion of Britain">Invasion of Britain</a> (43-66)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Septimius_Severus" title="Septimius Severus">Severus</a> Scottish campaign (208)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Notable<br />commanders</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vespasian" title="Vespasian">Vespasian</a> (commander)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Septimius_Severus" title="Septimius Severus">Septimius Severus</a> (campaign)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiberius_Claudius_Paulinus" title="Tiberius Claudius Paulinus">Tiberius Claudius Paulinus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p><b>Legio II Augusta</b> (<abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr> Second Legion "Augustus'") was a <a href="/wiki/Roman_legion" title="Roman legion">legion</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Roman_army" title="Imperial Roman army">Imperial Roman army</a> that was founded during the late <a href="/wiki/Roman_republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman republic">Roman republic</a>. Its emblems were the <a href="/wiki/Capricornus" title="Capricornus">Capricornus</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Pegasus" title="Pegasus">Pegasus</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Mars_(mythology)" title="Mars (mythology)">Mars</a>. It may have taken the name "<i>Augusta</i>" from a victory or reorganization that occurred during the reign of <a href="/wiki/Augustus" title="Augustus">Augustus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Caerleon_plaque2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Caerleon_plaque2.JPG/220px-Caerleon_plaque2.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Caerleon_plaque2.JPG/330px-Caerleon_plaque2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Caerleon_plaque2.JPG/440px-Caerleon_plaque2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>One of the emblems used was the <a href="/wiki/Capricornus" title="Capricornus">Capricornus</a></figcaption></figure> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_Republican_service">In Republican service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legio_II_Augusta&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: In Republican service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Legio II, Sabina was a Roman military unit of the late Republican era, which may have been formed by Julius Caesar in the year of the consulate of 48 BC and coincide, in this case, with the Legio II. Enlisted to fight against Pompey, they took part in the subsequent <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Munda" title="Battle of Munda">Battle of Munda</a> of 45 BC. </p><p>Alternatively it could be the Legio II, formed by the consul, <a href="/wiki/Gaius_Vibius_Pansa_Caetronianus" title="Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus">Gaius Vibius Pansa</a> in 43 BC and recruited in Sabina, hence its nickname.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> If this theory is true, then it probably participated in the subsequent <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Philippi" title="Battle of Philippi">battle of Philippi</a> of 42 BC on the side of the triumvirate, <a href="/wiki/Augustus" title="Augustus">Octavian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mark_Antony" title="Mark Antony">Marc Antony</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the defeat of the Republicans, Legio II swore allegiance to Octavian<sup id="cite_ref-Historia_del_las_legiones_romanas_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Historia_del_las_legiones_romanas-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and with the same remained until the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Actium" title="Battle of Actium">Battle of Actium</a> of 31 BC,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after which it seems to have been dissolved in the years between 30 and 14 BC (sent on leave were between 105,000 and 120,000 veterans)<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and some of its soldiers may have been integrated into the new Legio II Augusta.<sup id="cite_ref-Historia_del_las_legiones_romanas_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Historia_del_las_legiones_romanas-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_Imperial_service">In Imperial service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legio_II_Augusta&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: In Imperial service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hispania">Hispania</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legio_II_Augusta&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Hispania"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the beginning of Augustus' rule, in 26 BC,<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> this legion was relocated to a place north of <a href="/wiki/Hispania_Tarraconensis" title="Hispania Tarraconensis">Hispania Tarraconensis</a>, to fight in the <a href="/wiki/Cantabrian_Wars" title="Cantabrian Wars">Cantabrian Wars</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This war would definitively establish Roman power in Hispania. While the legion was in Hispania, they along with the Legio I Germanica helped build the Colonia <a href="/wiki/Acci" title="Acci">Acci</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They also constructed the city of <a href="/wiki/Tennes" title="Tennes">Cartenna</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Germania_and_Gaul">Germania and Gaul</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legio_II_Augusta&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Germania and Gaul"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With the annihilation of several legions at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Teutoburg_Forest" title="Battle of the Teutoburg Forest">Battle of the Teutoburg Forest</a>, the Legio II <i>Augusta</i> moved to <a href="/wiki/Germania" title="Germania">Germania</a>, possibly in the area of <a href="/wiki/Moguntiacum" class="mw-redirect" title="Moguntiacum">Moguntiacum</a>. While in Germania, during the 15 AD the legion would participate in the campaigns of <a href="/wiki/Germanicus" title="Germanicus">Germanicus</a> against the <a href="/wiki/List_of_ancient_Germanic_peoples" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ancient Germanic peoples">Germanic tribes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Germanicus was recalled the legion was stationed at <a href="/wiki/Argentoratum" title="Argentoratum">Argentoratum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On its way back from Germania, the legion was drenched in heavy rain and harassed by heavy storms.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After <a href="/wiki/Julius_Sacrovir" title="Julius Sacrovir">Julius Sacrovir</a> and Julius Florus revolted against the Roman Empire in Gaul, the Legio II <i>Augusta,</i> under the command of Gaius Silius would help put down the revolt.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Britain">Britain</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legio_II_Augusta&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Britain"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Invasion_of_Britannia_and_Boudica's_revolt"><span id="Invasion_of_Britannia_and_Boudica.27s_revolt"></span>Invasion of Britannia and Boudica's revolt</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legio_II_Augusta&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Invasion of Britannia and Boudica's revolt"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The legion was one of the four legions used during <a href="/wiki/Claudius" title="Claudius">Claudius's</a> <a href="/wiki/Roman_conquest_of_Britain" title="Roman conquest of Britain">invasion</a> of <a href="/wiki/Roman_Britain" title="Roman Britain">Britannia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The commander of the Legion at the time was <a href="/wiki/Vespasian" title="Vespasian">Vespasian</a>. He led the campaign against the <a href="/wiki/Durotriges" title="Durotriges">Durotriges</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dumnonii" title="Dumnonii">Dumnonii</a> tribes. During the campaign the Legion marched across the south of Britain, fighting many battles against the local tribes.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Legion was first stationed at <a href="/wiki/Alchester" title="Alchester">Alchester</a> and in 49 AD it was moved to <a href="/wiki/Waddon_Hill" title="Waddon Hill">Waddon Hill</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 55 it was based at <a href="/wiki/Exeter" title="Exeter">Exeter</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and from 66 it was possibly at <a href="/wiki/Glevum" title="Glevum">Glevum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the uprising of queen <a href="/wiki/Boudica" title="Boudica">Boudica</a>, when its <i><a href="/wiki/Prefect#Military_prefects" title="Prefect">praefectus castrorum</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/MOS:BROKENSECTIONLINKS" class="mw-redirect" title="MOS:BROKENSECTIONLINKS"><span title="The anchor (Military prefects) has been deleted. (2024-05-25)">broken anchor</span></a></i>]</sup></i> <a href="/wiki/Poenius_Postumus" title="Poenius Postumus">Poenius Postumus</a>, who was then its acting commander possibly because its <a href="/wiki/Legatus" class="mw-redirect" title="Legatus">legatus</a> and tribunes were with the governor <a href="/wiki/Suetonius_Paulinus" class="mw-redirect" title="Suetonius Paulinus">Suetonius Paulinus</a>, contravened Suetonius' orders to join him and so later committed suicide.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Year_of_the_Four_Emperors">Year of the Four Emperors</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legio_II_Augusta&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Year of the Four Emperors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 69 CE, during the <a href="/wiki/Year_of_the_Four_Emperors" title="Year of the Four Emperors">Year of the Four Emperors</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Vexillatio" title="Vexillatio">vexillation</a> of the Legio II Augusta sided with emperor Otho.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Otho was defeated the vexillation switched sides and served Vitellius.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This vexillation possibly took part in Vetellius's march on Rome, and fought in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bedriacum" title="Battle of Bedriacum">Battle at Cremona</a> against the legions of <a href="/wiki/Otho" title="Otho">Otho</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later these soldiers were defeated by those of Vespasian and returned to Britain in 70. It is possible that the main body of the legion had always been loyal towards Vespasian.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Continued_service_in_Britain">Continued service in Britain</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legio_II_Augusta&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Continued service in Britain"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Julius_Frontinus" class="mw-redirect" title="Julius Frontinus">Julius Frontinus</a>, the governor of Britain from 74 to 78 ordered several campaigns against the <a href="/wiki/Silures" title="Silures">Silures</a> tribe<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and during the war the fortress of <a href="/wiki/Caerleon" title="Caerleon">Caerleon</a> in <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> was constructed where from 75 the legion was based.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The legion remained there, even during <a href="/wiki/Gnaeus_Julius_Agricola" title="Gnaeus Julius Agricola">Agricola's</a> term as governor of Britain although several vexillations of the Legio II <i>Augusta</i> fought in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mons_Graupius" title="Battle of Mons Graupius">Battle of Mons Graupius</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 139 the Legion helped build the short lived <a href="/wiki/Antonine_Wall" title="Antonine Wall">Antonine Wall</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the years 155 and 158 a revolt spread across Britain, the Legio II Augusta was one of those that fought against the revolt.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The legions in Britain suffered greatly, causing reinforcements from the Germanic provinces to be brought over.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 196 <a href="/wiki/Clodius_Albinus" title="Clodius Albinus">Decimus Clodius Albinus</a>, governor of Britain, declared himself emperor and the Legio II Augusta supported his claim.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The legions were defeated by the current emperor, <a href="/wiki/Septimius_Severus" title="Septimius Severus">Septimus Severus.</a> Although, while the legions were absent from Britain, the province was overrun with <a href="/wiki/Picts" title="Picts">Pictish tribes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Emperor Severus attempted to conquer Scotland in order to stop the tribes, while Severus was fighting the Picts, Legio II Augusta was stationed at a fort near <a href="/wiki/Carpow" title="Carpow">Carpow</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is unknown when, but the II Augusta received the surname <i>Antonina</i>, which meant that the soldiers were particularly dear to the emperor. This happened either under <a href="/wiki/Caracalla" title="Caracalla">Caracalla</a> or <a href="/wiki/Elagabalus" title="Elagabalus">Heliogabalus</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> During <a href="/wiki/Severus_Alexander" title="Severus Alexander">Severus Alexanders</a> reign as emperor of Rome, the conquests in Scotland were given up and the Second Legion returned to Caerleon.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The legion was still there in 255.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last known mention of the Legion was the <a href="/wiki/Notitia_Dignitatum" title="Notitia Dignitatum">Notitia Dignitatum</a> which places the legion at <a href="/wiki/Richborough" title="Richborough">Richborough</a>, suggesting Caerleon was abandoned.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style></p><div class="thumb tmulti tnone center"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:542px;max-width:542px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:225px;max-width:225px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:158px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Romanwallinscotl00macduoft_raw_0377CarleithNo7.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Romanwallinscotl00macduoft_raw_0377CarleithNo7.png/223px-Romanwallinscotl00macduoft_raw_0377CarleithNo7.png" decoding="async" width="223" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Romanwallinscotl00macduoft_raw_0377CarleithNo7.png/335px-Romanwallinscotl00macduoft_raw_0377CarleithNo7.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Romanwallinscotl00macduoft_raw_0377CarleithNo7.png/446px-Romanwallinscotl00macduoft_raw_0377CarleithNo7.png 2x" data-file-width="896" data-file-height="636" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">RIB 2203. Distance Slab of the Second Legion found near <a href="/wiki/Duntocher" title="Duntocher">Duntocher</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> George MacDonald calls in no. 12 in the 2nd edition of his book <i>The Roman Wall in Scotland</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has been scanned and a video produced.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:191px;max-width:191px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:158px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Romanwallinscotl00macduoft_raw_0371Cochno2.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Romanwallinscotl00macduoft_raw_0371Cochno2.png/189px-Romanwallinscotl00macduoft_raw_0371Cochno2.png" decoding="async" width="189" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Romanwallinscotl00macduoft_raw_0371Cochno2.png/284px-Romanwallinscotl00macduoft_raw_0371Cochno2.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Romanwallinscotl00macduoft_raw_0371Cochno2.png/378px-Romanwallinscotl00macduoft_raw_0371Cochno2.png 2x" data-file-width="848" data-file-height="710" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">RIB 2204. Distance Slab of the Second Legion<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> George MacDonald calls in no. 14 in the 2nd edition of his book <i>The Roman Wall in Scotland</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has been scanned and a video produced.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:120px;max-width:120px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:158px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:St%C3%A8le-Legio_II_Augusta-Strasbourg.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/St%C3%A8le-Legio_II_Augusta-Strasbourg.jpg/118px-St%C3%A8le-Legio_II_Augusta-Strasbourg.jpg" decoding="async" width="118" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/St%C3%A8le-Legio_II_Augusta-Strasbourg.jpg/177px-St%C3%A8le-Legio_II_Augusta-Strasbourg.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/St%C3%A8le-Legio_II_Augusta-Strasbourg.jpg/236px-St%C3%A8le-Legio_II_Augusta-Strasbourg.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1890" data-file-height="2532" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Funerary stele of <a href="/wiki/Caius_Largennius" title="Caius Largennius">Caius Largennius</a> a soldier from <a href="/wiki/Lucca" title="Lucca">Lucca</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Italy" title="Roman Italy">Etruria</a> found in <a href="/wiki/Strasbourg" title="Strasbourg">Strasbourg</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Mus%C3%A9e_arch%C3%A9ologique_(Strasbourg)" title="Musée archéologique (Strasbourg)">Musée archéologique de Strasbourg</a>)</div></div></div></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Attested_members">Attested members</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legio_II_Augusta&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Attested members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <th>Name </th> <th>Rank </th> <th>Time frame </th> <th>Province </th> <th>Soldier located in </th> <th>Veteran located in </th> <th>Source </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Caius_Largennius" title="Caius Largennius">Caius Largennius</a> </td> <td>miles </td> <td>1st century </td> <td>Germania </td> <td>Argentoratum ? </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Argentoratum" title="Argentoratum">Argentoratum</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Koenigshoffen_St%C3%A8le_de_Largennius.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Koenigshoffen_St%C3%A8le_de_Largennius.jpg/60px-Koenigshoffen_St%C3%A8le_de_Largennius.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Koenigshoffen_St%C3%A8le_de_Largennius.jpg/90px-Koenigshoffen_St%C3%A8le_de_Largennius.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Koenigshoffen_St%C3%A8le_de_Largennius.jpg/120px-Koenigshoffen_St%C3%A8le_de_Largennius.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1173" data-file-height="2484" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gaius_Caetronius_Miccio" title="Gaius Caetronius Miccio">Gaius Caetronius Miccio</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Legatus_legionis" class="mw-redirect" title="Legatus legionis">legatus legionis</a> </td> <td>c. 34–36<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Germania Superior </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Corpus_Inscriptionum_Latinarum" title="Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum">CIL</a></i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/epi_einzel_en.php?p_belegstelle=CIL+02%2C+02423&r_sortierung=Belegstelle">II, 2423</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lucius_Antistius_Rusticus" title="Lucius Antistius Rusticus">Lucius Antistius Rusticus</a> </td> <td>tribunus </td> <td>c. 69 </td> <td>Britannia </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/L%27Ann%C3%A9e_%C3%A9pigraphique" title="L'Année épigraphique">AE</a></i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/epi_einzel_en.php?p_belegstelle=AE+1925%2C+00126&r_sortierung=Belegstelle">1925, 126</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gnaeus_Julius_Agricola" title="Gnaeus Julius Agricola">Gnaeus Julius Agricola</a> </td> <td>tribunus </td> <td>58-61 </td> <td>Britannia </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gaius_Fabius_Agrippinus" title="Gaius Fabius Agrippinus">Gaius Fabius Agrippinus</a> </td> <td>tribunus </td> <td>before 140 </td> <td>Britannia </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/L%27Ann%C3%A9e_%C3%A9pigraphique" title="L'Année épigraphique">AE</a></i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/epi_einzel_en.php?p_belegstelle=AE+1955%2C+00174&r_sortierung=Belegstelle">1955, 174</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Publius_Septimius_Geta_(brother_of_Septimius_Severus)" title="Publius Septimius Geta (brother of Septimius Severus)">Publius Septimius Geta</a> </td> <td>tribunus </td> <td>c. 170s </td> <td>Britannia </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Julius Marcellinus<sup id="cite_ref-plv_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plv-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>centurio<sup id="cite_ref-plv_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plv-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>122-300 </td> <td>Britannia<sup id="cite_ref-plv_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plv-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Banna_(Birdoswald)" title="Banna (Birdoswald)">Banna</a><sup id="cite_ref-plv_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plv-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Poenius_Postumus" title="Poenius Postumus">Poenius Postumus</a><sup id="cite_ref-livius_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-livius-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>praefectus castrorum<sup id="cite_ref-livius_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-livius-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>AD 60–61 </td> <td>Britannia<sup id="cite_ref-livius_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-livius-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glevum" title="Glevum">Glevum</a> </td> <td>Committed suicide out of shame following the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_watling_street" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of watling street">battle of watling street</a>. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tacitus" title="Tacitus">Tacitus</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Annals_(Tacitus)" title="Annals (Tacitus)">The Annals</a>.</i> 4.12; 14.37 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vespasian" title="Vespasian">Titus Flavius Vespasianus</a> </td> <td>legatus legionis </td> <td>AD 42-47 </td> <td>Britannia </td> <td>Italy </td> <td>Rome </td> <td>Suetonius <i>Vesp</i>. 4; Tacitus <i>Hist</i>. III 44; Josephius <i>Bell. Jud</i>. III 12 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aulus_Larcius_Priscus" title="Aulus Larcius Priscus">Aulus Larcius Priscus</a> </td> <td>legatus legionis </td> <td>between 97 and 105 </td> <td>Britannia </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Corpus_Inscriptionum_Latinarum" title="Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum">CIL</a></i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/epi_einzel_en.php?p_belegstelle=CIL+08%2C+17881&r_sortierung=Belegstelle">VIII, 17881</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aulus_Claudius_Charax" title="Aulus Claudius Charax">Aulus Claudius Charax</a><sup id="cite_ref-Alföldy-298_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alföldy-298-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>legatus legionis </td> <td>c. 141-c. 144 </td> <td>Britannia </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/L%27Ann%C3%A9e_%C3%A9pigraphique" title="L'Année épigraphique">AE</a></i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/epi_einzel_en.php?p_belegstelle=AE+1961%2C+00320&r_sortierung=Belegstelle">1961, 320</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fronto_Aemilianus_Calpurnius_Rufilanus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fronto Aemilianus Calpurnius Rufilanus (page does not exist)">Fronto Aemilianus Calpurnius Rufilanus</a><sup id="cite_ref-Alföldy-298_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alföldy-298-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>legatus legionis </td> <td>161/169 or 177/180 </td> <td>Britannia </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Corpus_Inscriptionum_Latinarum" title="Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum">CIL</a></i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/epi_einzel_en.php?p_belegstelle=CIL+07%2C+00098&r_sortierung=Belegstelle">VII, 98</a> = <i><a href="/wiki/Roman_Inscriptions_of_Britain" title="Roman Inscriptions of Britain">RIB</a></i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions/320">320</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Quintus_Aurelius_Polus_Terentianus" title="Quintus Aurelius Polus Terentianus">Quintus Aurelius Polus Terentianus</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>legatus legionis </td> <td>between 185 and 190 </td> <td>Britannia </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/L%27Ann%C3%A9e_%C3%A9pigraphique" title="L'Année épigraphique">AE</a></i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/epi_einzel_en.php?p_belegstelle=AE+1965%2C+00240&r_sortierung=Belegstelle">1965, 240</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lucius_Julius_Julianus" title="Lucius Julius Julianus">Lucius Julius Julianus</a> </td> <td>legatus legionis </td> <td>end 2nd century </td> <td>Britannia </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Corpus_Inscriptionum_Latinarum" title="Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum">CIL</a></i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/epi_einzel_en.php?p_belegstelle=CIL+11%2C+04182&r_sortierung=Belegstelle">XI, 4182</a>,<i><a href="/wiki/Corpus_Inscriptionum_Latinarum" title="Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum">CIL</a></i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/epi_einzel_en.php?p_belegstelle=CIL+07%2C+00480&r_sortierung=Belegstelle">VII, 480</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiberius_Claudius_Paulinus" title="Tiberius Claudius Paulinus">Tiberius Claudius Paulinus</a> </td> <td>legatus legionis </td> <td>early 3rd century </td> <td>Britannia </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Corpus_Inscriptionum_Latinarum" title="Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum">CIL</a></i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/epi_einzel_en.php?p_belegstelle=CIL+13%2C+03162&r_sortierung=Belegstelle">XIII, 3162</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Vitulasius Laetinianus </td> <td>legatus legionis </td> <td>between 253 and 259 </td> <td>Britannia </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Corpus_Inscriptionum_Latinarum" title="Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum">CIL</a></i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/epi_einzel_en.php?p_belegstelle=CIL+07%2C+00107&r_sortierung=Belegstelle">VII, 107</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Titus Flavius Postumius Varus </td> <td>legatus legionis </td> <td>3rd century </td> <td>Britannia </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Corpus_Inscriptionum_Latinarum" title="Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum">CIL</a></i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/epi_einzel_en.php?p_belegstelle=CIL+07%2C+00095&r_sortierung=Belegstelle">VII, 95</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Lucius Valerius Geminus </td> <td> </td> <td>AD 43-66 </td> <td>Britannia </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alchester" title="Alchester">Alchester</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Flavius Quadratus </td> <td>aquilifer </td> <td>1st century BCE </td> <td>Hispania </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Olisipo" title="Olisipo">Olisipo</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Corpus_Inscriptionum_Latinarum" title="Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum">CIL</a></i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/epi_einzel_en.php?p_belegstelle=CIL+02%2C+00266&r_sortierung=Belegstelle">II, 266</a> = HEp 11, 2001 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Titus_Flavius_Rufus" title="Titus Flavius Rufus">Titus Flavius Rufus</a> </td> <td>centurio </td> <td>2nd century </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Italia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Roman Italia (page does not exist)">Italia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moesia" title="Moesia">Moesia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Dacia" title="Roman Dacia">Dacia</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Dacia </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Corpus_Inscriptionum_Latinarum" title="Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum">CIL</a></i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/epi_einzel_en.php?p_belegstelle=CIL+11%2C+00020&r_sortierung=Belegstelle">XI, 20</a> = ILS 2082, <i><a href="/wiki/Corpus_Inscriptionum_Latinarum" title="Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum">CIL</a></i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/epi_einzel_en.php?p_belegstelle=CIL+03%2C+00971&r_sortierung=Belegstelle">III, 00971</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legio_II_Augusta&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In his fantasy novel <i><a href="/wiki/Pendragon_Cycle#Grail" class="mw-redirect" title="Pendragon Cycle">Grail</a></i>, the author <a href="/wiki/Stephen_R._Lawhead" title="Stephen R. Lawhead">Stephen R. Lawhead</a> states that the legion was ensnared by the black magic of the witch <a href="/wiki/Morgan_le_Fay" title="Morgan le Fay">Morgan le Fay</a>, doomed to perpetually wander the mists of <a href="/wiki/Lyonesse" title="Lyonesse">Lyonesse</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Davis" title="Lindsey Davis">Lindsey Davis</a>' character <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Didius_Falco" class="mw-redirect" title="Marcus Didius Falco">Marcus Didius Falco</a> and his best friend <a href="/wiki/Lucius_Petronius_Longus" class="mw-redirect" title="Lucius Petronius Longus">Lucius Petronius Longus</a> both served in the legion during <a href="/wiki/Boadicea%27s_Revolt" class="mw-redirect" title="Boadicea's Revolt">Boadicea's Revolt</a> in AD 60/61, while they were teenagers (probably 19–20 years old). Marcus and Lucius only refer to their service in asides, due to the bad memories of the Revolt and the boredom in a cold, unfriendly country. The scenes of carnage and destruction in <a href="/wiki/Londinium" title="Londinium">Londinium</a> left a deep impression on both of them, with neither keen to return to <a href="/wiki/Roman_Britain" title="Roman Britain">Britannia</a>. Their internal references also hint that their disgraced prefect, Postumius, did not commit suicide, but instead was executed by the legionaries for his refusal to march to Governor Suetonius's aid during the Revolt, but the legionaries swore an oath never to speak of this to outsiders. Novels that most directly refer to their service in Britain are <i><a href="/wiki/The_Silver_Pigs" title="The Silver Pigs">The Silver Pigs</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Iron_Hand_of_Mars" title="The Iron Hand of Mars">The Iron Hand of Mars</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/A_Body_in_the_Bath_House" title="A Body in the Bath House">A Body in the Bath House</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jupiter_Myth" title="The Jupiter Myth">The Jupiter Myth</a></i>.</li> <li>It is also the Legion in which <i><a href="/wiki/Optio" title="Optio">Optio</a></i> <b>Quintus Licinius Cato</b> and Centurion <b>Lucius Cornelius Macro</b> serve during the first five books of the <a href="/wiki/Eagles_of_the_Empire" title="Eagles of the Empire">Eagles of the Empire</a> series by <a href="/wiki/Simon_Scarrow" title="Simon Scarrow">Simon Scarrow</a>. The books also cover <a href="/wiki/Vespasian" title="Vespasian">Vespasian</a>'s career as commander of the legion and the invasion of Britain.</li> <li>The story of the legion's role in <a href="/wiki/Boadicea%27s_Revolt" class="mw-redirect" title="Boadicea's Revolt">Boadicea's Revolt</a> and the subsequent suicide of its acting commander features in <i>Imperial Governor</i>, <a href="/wiki/George_Shipway" title="George Shipway">George Shipway</a>'s 1968 novel about <a href="/wiki/Gaius_Suetonius_Paulinus" title="Gaius Suetonius Paulinus">Gaius Suetonius Paulinus</a>.</li> <li>The II Legion features in <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Goldsworthy" title="Adrian Goldsworthy">Adrian Goldsworthy</a>'s novel series, beginning with <i>Vindolanda</i>, about a fictitious centurion of the legion.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legio_II_Augusta&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Roman_legions" title="List of Roman legions">List of Roman legions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_legion" title="Roman legion">Roman legion</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legio_II_Augusta&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Legions and Veterans: Roman Army Papers 1971-2000 By L. J. F. Keppie page 128</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Legions and Veterans: Roman Army Papers 1971-2000 By L. J. F. 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(1992). <i>Dorset and the Second Legion</i>. Tiverton: Dorset Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-871164-11-7" title="Special:BookSources/1-871164-11-7"><bdi>1-871164-11-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Dorset+and+the+Second+Legion&rft.place=Tiverton&rft.pub=Dorset+Books&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=1-871164-11-7&rft.aulast=Field&rft.aufirst=N.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALegio+II+Augusta" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKeppie2000" class="citation book cs1">Keppie, Lawrence (2000). "The Origins and Early History of the Second Augustan Legion". <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=TLDvWqjSfP8C"><i>Legions and Veterans: Roman Army Papers 1971-2000</i></a>. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag. pp. 123–147. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/3-515-07744-8" title="Special:BookSources/3-515-07744-8"><bdi>3-515-07744-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Origins+and+Early+History+of+the+Second+Augustan+Legion&rft.btitle=Legions+and+Veterans%3A+Roman+Army+Papers+1971-2000&rft.place=Stuttgart&rft.pages=123-147&rft.pub=Franz+Steiner+Verlag&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=3-515-07744-8&rft.aulast=Keppie&rft.aufirst=Lawrence&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DTLDvWqjSfP8C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALegio+II+Augusta" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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