[1473] …since Severus’ rule was firmly set in Italy and all surrounding areas and armies. The situation in the spring of 193 AD was different: Severus was only a claimant to the throne, and in nearby Italy, the ruling emperor was Iulianus, who had been raised to the purple by the guard. The close connections between the Norican cities and Italy, and especially with the pre-Severan praetorium, are known and could have played an important role when the province had to choose sides. It is therefore quite likely that after Severus’ proclamation, large parts of the province declared themselves against him, whereupon Claudius Candidus, a supporter of Severus, had to force them to give up their resistance; II Italica, which had stayed faithful to her emperor, was rewarded with the surnames pia fidelis (similar to VII gem. in Spain). At a considerably later date, obviously in 205 AD, Severus ordered the construction of a larger building within the legion’s camp (Der Römische Limes in Österreich XI 1910, 129-136). Outside of the garrison province of Noricum, the following soldiers of II Italica seem to have been on normal assignments: the frumentarii in Rome (CIL VI 3340. IG XIX 958. Dessau 9080) and the (centurio) frumentarius in Luna (CIL XI 1322). Conspicuous is an inscription with a bf. cos. of II Italica from Teutoburgium in lower Pannonia (CIL III 3270, from 226 AD), since in provinces with a legion, these officials were chosen exclusively from the local legions, here I or II Adiutrix. Anyhow, it is apparently not justified to postulate a detachment of II Italica in Pannonia Inferior at that date, even if the tile stamps found at Batta (CIL III 10662 a-d) may point in this direction (v. Domaszewski Neue Heidelberger Jahrbücher V 114 note 6). However, they possibly came to this place much later via the waterway (cp. leg. I Noricorum see above 1435). Only a comparison of the tile stamps found at Batta with the material produced in Noricum could answer this question. II Italica definitely took part in emperor Maximinus’ Dacian War, as did II Adiutrix from lower Pannonia (CIL III 4857. 5218 = 11691). It took also part in a war against the Goths at an unknown date, probably in the second half of the 3rd century (III 11700); It is unknown, in which war the soldier of tombstone III 4835 was a desideratus. The presence of the soldier Lici(nius) Maximinus at Poetovio (III 151846) can certainly be attributed to a late 3rd century campaign. Aurelius Guto, who was buried by a comrade at Pola (CIL V 46), may have died there during a military enterprise/campaign (“bei Gelegenheit einer kriegerischen Unternehmung”). The tombstones CIL V 8277 from Aquileia and V 375 from Cittanuova in Istria, however, do not point at something similar. A primipilus of II Italica possibly commanded the Raetian sister-legion III Italica sometime between 238 and 253 AD,