II Parthica		Update	28.10.2016
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1	Real-Encyclopädie article Legio by Ritterling	p.1476-1483
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History	from 30 BC to 284 AD
Date	Action	Legionary HQ	Modern name	Province	Comment
197 AD	raised in Macedonia/Thracia by Septimius Severus for his Parthian wars
197	stationed in Italy to protect Septimius Severus' interests	Albanum	Albano Laziale	Italia	20 km from Rome
208-211	? Septimius Severus' British campaigns				possible, but not attested
211	returned to Italy upon Septimius Severus' death	Albanum	Albano Laziale	Italia	if legion served in Britannia
216-217	Caracalla's Parthian campaign	Apamea	on the Orontes	Syria	titled Antoniniana
218	supported Macrinus after Caracalla's murder
218	joined Elagabal vs Macrinus				battle of Imma near Antioch
218	returned to Italy	Albanum	Albano Laziale	Italia	titled Pia Fidelis Felix Aeterna by 220
231-233	Severus Alexander's Persian war	Apamea	on the Orontes	Syria	titled Severiana
234-235	with Severus Alexander to Germania	Moguntiacum	Mainz	Germania
235-238	campaigned  in Pannonia with Maximinus			Pannonia
238	returned to Italy with Maximinus but murdered him	Albanum	Albano Laziale	Italia
242-244	? possibly in Gordianus III's Persian war				received title Gordiana
244/249	titled "Philippiana"
260's	honored by Gallienus with title "V Pia V Fidelis"				"five times dutiful and loyal"
260's	honored by Gallienus with title "VI Pia VI Fidelis"				"six times dutiful and loyal"
260's	honored by Gallienus with title "VII Pia VII Fidelis"				"seven times dutiful and loyal"
284	still in Italy	Albanum	Albano Laziale	Italia