Where were late Republican legions raised

[D B Campbell]

Over a game of tactica my opponent suggested that a good deal of legions during Caesar's time were raised outside of Italy.

In Cisalpine Gaul, in fact, where there were sufficient citizens to call upon.

Having inherited a four-legion army (VII, VIII, IX and X), Caesar enrolled XI and XII in 58 BC, XIII and XIV in 57 BC, and a new XIV and XV in 53 BC, all apparently in Cisalpine Gaul (where northern Italians may have travelled to join the levy).

The V Alaudae (and Caesar's VI, later named Ferrata) weren't raised until 52 BC, by which time Caesar had already raised six legions outwith Italy.