Talk:Legio VII Gemina

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Shouldn't the third letter be a gamma? --84.20.17.84 16:09, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Here, there & everywhere
So where exactly was this legion? Here it states it was raised by Galbs in Spain and marched with him to Rome. In the article on M. Antonius Primus it says it was with the later in Pannonia and marched on Rome with him.

In the article on Roman Legions it sates the unit was at Leon (in fact giving the city it's name no less) until the barbarians came.

Tacitus seems to think, as I recall, that 'Legio VII Galbania' was raised in Spain by Galba and marched with him to Rome (perhaps because of the urgency of the situation they were not offically named so Tatitus' name is one of convenience). Once in Rome they turned on Galba and helped Otho to power, then were sent to Pannonia to avoid trouble. In Pannonia they switched sides to support Vespasian and marched on Rome (again) and hoisted it's leader, Antonius Primus, to temporary defacto rule. Then were returned to Pannonia for the same reasons as before by the new emperor, Vespasian.

Hypothetically there they merged with the disgaced Legio I Germania and beacme known as Legio VII Gemina. After some sucusses against the Quadii they were honored by Vespasian as Legio VII Gemina Felix (as a sop to the dissapointed Antonius Primus perhaps, it would not have cost Vespasian an as). Then the legion was sent to Leon to keep an eye on the important Spainish mines. There, they re-built an abandoned camp into a permanent settlement that was named after them (Leon). After some time they became known as Legio VII Gemella

Does anyone else have any evidence to fill out the history of this legion? 124.183.73.234 07:04, 3 September 2007 (UTC)Jim Jacobs

A Late-Roman Syrian Detachment
According to the Notitia Dignitatum, there was as well a Septima Gemina in the field army of the East (that is, Roman Syria and neighbouring lands), under the Magister Militum per Orientem_"http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magister_Militum_per_Orientem_1.jpg" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.8.98.118 (talk) 12:42, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Origin of the name "Gemina"
The name Gemina is used by several Legions, and it is suggested by some scholars (including Stephen Dando-Collins in his "Legions of Rome", 2010) that this is not related to the she-wolf and Romulus and Remus. Instead, some legions were formed by the shattered remains of two other legions (like after a battle or campaign), forming a twin. In this case this applies when Vespasian in 70 AD merged the remains of the 7th legion (until now named VII Hispaniana/Galbiana) with the not at full strength XIIX legion (reformed by Nero regardless of Augustus "order" never to use the numbers 17-19 again after the defeat at the Teutoburger). The legion combined by these forces was named Legio VII Gemina. 2A00:801:7B7:DE4F:1124:CA68:D482:1C04 (talk) 15:56, 3 November 2022 (UTC)