Augustus' 2nd Roman Legion Pegasus Coffee Mug

(This history is printed on the side of the mug) This Legion was recruited in the Italian Sabine countryside by the Consul Pansa and Octavian in 43 BC. It first fought against Mark Antony, then under the 2nd Triumvirate it fought against Caesar's assassins at Philippi. It was stationed in Gaul until 30, and afterwards took part in Augustus' campaigns against the Cantabrians from 25-13 BC, during which time it also built the Spanish colony of Acci. The Legion was stationed along the Rhine after the Tuetoburg Forest disaster in 9 AD, then fought in Emperor Germanicus' campaigns from 14-16, afterwards garrisoning a strategic crossing point on the Rhine. In 21 it took part in action against Gallic rebels that was commemorated with a triumphal arch in Orange. In 43 AD the Legion went with Emperor Claudius to Britain, where it was commanded by the future Emperor Vespasian. It was stationed in SW Britain for the next two decades. In 69 it marched on Rome under Emperor Vitellius in a Civil War, then returned to Britain under Vespasian after he'd won that conflict. After building the Antonine Wall between Edinburgh and Glasgow, finished in 142 AD, the Legion suffered severely fighting widespread rebellion in Northern Britain. In 196, Albinus tried using the British Legions to become Emperor, but then-Emperor Severus defeated him. The II Augusta Sabina returned to Britain and was stationed in the North in 208, where it remained for centuries. It's possible that the II Brittannica Legion originated from a mobile unit of the II Augusta. "Augusta Sabina" - Legion of Augustus, formed in the Sabine Country.