Cohors II Gallorum Dacica equitata


Cohors secunda Gallorum Dacica equitata was a Roman auxiliary regiment which contained both infantry and cavalry contingents.
It was probably originally raised in Gallia Lugdunensis during the rule of the founder-emperor, Augustus. The regiment is first attested in Dacia in 109, shortly after the end of the Dacian Wars and thus probably participated in those wars. Its last datable attestation is from 179, still in Dacia Superior. Its later fate is unknown.
The regiment was previously known as II Gallorum Pannonica to distinguish it from another II Gallorum, which became known as cohors II Gallorum Macedonica, a purely infantry regiment. The title Dacica first appears in the record in 156.
The full name of just one praefectus survives: Publius Licinius Maximus, from an undatable inscription on a dedicatory stone at Alhambra in Spain, which may have been his home region. Also attested is a Thracian eques, whose name is only partially preserved.

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