II Italica		Update	28.10.2016
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1	Real-Encyclopädie article Legio by Ritterling	p.1468-1476
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History	from 30 BC to 284 AD
Date	Action	Legionary HQ	Modern name	Province	Comment
c.165 AD	raised by M.Aurelius in Italy	Aquileia	Aquileia	Italia	also initially titled Pia (= loyal)
165	moved to Noricum on the Danube front			Noricum
166-180	M.Aurelius' Marcomannic wars
167/168	based at	??	Locica, Slovenia	Noricum
172	based at	island in Danube	Albing, Austria	Noricum
by 180	based at new legionary fortress 5 km from Albing	Lauriacum	Lorch, Austria	Noricum
191	last attested use of title Pia
193-194	Septimius Severus' civil war against Niger
197	Septimius Severus' civil war against Clodius Albinus
200	attested title "pia fidelis"
215-217	attested title "pia fidelis Antoniana"
222/235	attested title "pia fidelis Severiana"
235-236	Maximinius Thrax' Dacian wars
238/244	attested title "pia fidelis Gordiana"
260's	honored by Gallienus with title "V Pia V Fidelis"				"five times dutiful and loyal"
284	still in Noricum	Lauriacum	Lorch, Austria	Noricum