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'''Legio II ''Herculia''''' (''devoted to [[Hercules]]'') was a [[Roman legion]], levied by Emperor [[Diocletian]] (284–305), possibly together with [[Legio I Iovia|I ''Iovia'']], to guard the newly created province of [[Scythia Minor (Roman province)|Scythia Minor]]. It was stationed at [[Capidava]]. The ''[[cognomen]]'' of this legion came from ''Herculius'', the attribute of [[Maximian]] (Diocletian's colleague) meaning "similar to Hercules".

According to ''[[Notitia Dignitatum]]'', at the beginning of the 5th-century, II ''Herculia'' was still in its camp on the [[Danube]].

==See also==
* [[List of Roman legions]]

== References and external links ==
* [https://www.livius.org/le-lh/legio/ii_herculia.html livius.org account]
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