Editing Legio II Augusta (section)

==In Republican service==
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 [[Battle of Munda]] of 45 BC.

Alternatively it could be the Legio II, formed by the consul, [[Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus|Gaius Vibius Pansa]] in 43 BC and recruited in Sabina, hence its nickname.<ref>{{cite book|author1=L.Keppie|title=The making of the roman army|pages=199 and 203}}</ref> If this theory is true, then it probably participated in the subsequent [[battle of Philippi]] of 42 BC on the side of the triumvirate, [[Augustus|Octavian]] and [[Mark Antony|Marc Antony]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=E.Ritterling|title=voice Legio, in Realencyclopädie of Klassischen Altertumswissenschaft|date=1924–1925|orig-year=1483–1484}}</ref>

After the defeat of the Republicans, Legio II swore allegiance to Octavian<ref name="Historia del las legiones romanas">{{cite book|author1=JRGonzalez|title=Historia del las legiones romanas|page=106}}</ref> and with the same remained until the [[Battle of Actium]] of 31 BC,<ref>{{cite book|author1=L.Keppie|title=The making of the roman army|page=201}}</ref> 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)<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Augustus|title=Res Gestae Divi Augusti|volume=III|pages=15 and 16}}</ref> and some of its soldiers may have been integrated into the new Legio II Augusta.<ref name="Historia del las legiones romanas"/>