Cohors secunda Gallorum Dacica equitata ("2nd part-mounted Cohort of

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in Dacia") was a

Roman auxiliary The (; ) were introduced as non-citizen troops attached to the citizen Roman legion, legions by Augustus after his reorganisation of the Imperial Roman army from 27 BC. By the 2nd century, the contained the same number of infantry as the ...

regiment which contained both infantry and cavalry contingents. It was probably originally raised in

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(northern France) during the rule of the founder-emperor,

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(r. 30 BC – AD 14).Holder (1980) 111 The regiment is first attested in

Dacia Dacia (, ; ) was the land inhabited by the Dacians, its core in Transylvania, stretching to the Danube in the south, the Black Sea in the east, and the Tisza in the west. The Carpathian Mountains were located in the middle of Dacia. It thus ro ...

(Romania) in 109, shortly after the end of the Dacian Wars (101-106) and thus probably participated in those wars. Its last datable attestation is from 179, still in

Dacia Superior Roman Dacia ( ; also known as ; or Dacia Felix, ) was a province of the Roman Empire from 106 to 271–275 AD. Its territory consisted of what are now the regions of Oltenia, Transylvania and Banat (today all in Romania, except the last regio ...

. Its later fate is unknown.Spaul (2000) 159 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'' (regimental commander) survives: Publius Licinius Maximus, from an undatable inscription on a dedicatory stone at

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in Spain, which may have been his home region. Also attested (144) is a

Thracian The Thracians (; ; ) were an Indo-European speaking people who inhabited large parts of Southeast Europe in ancient history.. "The Thracians were an Indo-European people who occupied the area that today is shared between north-eastern Greece, ...

''eques'' (ranker cavalryman), whose name is only partially preserved.

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* Holder, Paul ''Studies in the Auxilia of the Roman Army'' (1980) * Spaul, John ''COHORS 2'' (2000) Military of ancient Rome Auxiliary equitata units of ancient Rome Roman Dacia

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