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Legio II Gallica

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Roman Legio II Gallica established in Arausio (modern Orange) can be possibly equated with later Legio II Augusta.

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Literature

  • Lawrence Keppie: Legions and Veterans: Roman Army Papers 1971-2000, Franz Steiner Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-515-07744-8; chapter The Origins and Early History of the Second Augustan Legion, pages 123 - 128 (in Google Books). The chapter discusses predecessors of the II Augusta legion and an inscription on the Triumphal Arch of Orange which mentions II Gallica.