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Legio VII Gemina

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During the majority of its existence, the number of effectives under the military commander of the VII were usually around the 7,712 between auxiliaries and regulars, not counting local levies and other reinforcements sent from Rome for temporary services.
154:, as well as a few inscriptions all state that its regular winter quarters, under later emperors, were at Leon, but there are numerous inscriptions to prove that a strong detachment of it was stationed at Tarraco (modern 1613: 1618: 194:", from a comparison of which with two inscriptions found in Germany, it has been inferred that the legion was employed on an expedition into Germany under 825: 99:, but this appellation is not found on any inscriptions. It appears to have received the appellation of "Gemina" on account of its amalgamation by 1143: 1213: 745: 521: 898: 889: 853: 844: 818: 792: 721: 693: 669: 643: 617: 591: 566: 540: 513: 945: 1182: 894: 885: 849: 840: 814: 788: 717: 689: 665: 639: 613: 587: 562: 547: 536: 509: 1138: 800: 741: 573: 1623: 1273: 650: 1603: 1308: 1206: 1152: 75: 1263: 1243: 1082: 1548: 1313: 773: 598: 1568: 1343: 705: 624: 1598: 1558: 1518: 752: 700: 485: 445: 390: 32: 124:
and in the civil wars, it was settled by Vespasian in Hispania Tarraconensis, to supply the place of the
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Muratori, p. 2037, no. 8, 130; p. 335, nos. 2, 3, 163; p. 336, no. 3, 167; Gruter, p. 260, no. 1, 216
757: 375: 151: 1513: 1493: 1393: 1353: 1253: 1053: 860: 494: 465: 51: 871: 1543: 1458: 1418: 1378: 1298: 143: 138:, two of the three legions ordinarily stationed in the province, but which had been withdrawn to 1523: 1498: 1473: 1468: 1448: 1433: 1403: 1373: 1363: 1348: 1338: 1323: 1293: 1278: 1248: 1238: 941: 398: 195: 104: 93: 19: 1503: 1488: 1463: 1443: 1438: 1428: 1423: 1388: 1368: 1333: 1318: 1303: 1288: 1283: 1233: 450: 386:. It was one of the few cities which the Visigoths allowed to retain their fortifications. 253: 236: 230: 125: 1553: 1408: 1398: 1328: 1268: 1186: 1165: 347:, cantoned in the unknown locality of "ad cohortem Galicam" (suspected to be in Portugal). 226: 113:
Between 86 and 89 the Legion was commanded by the future emperor and native of the region
933: 394: 1478: 371: 240: 175: 132: 83: 43: 28: 1592: 1413: 1258: 1179: 1133: 1086: 967: 406: 307: 277: 220: 158:), the chief city of the province. The following are a selection, in order of time: 1222: 47: 66:. "Gemina" means the legion was dedicated to the legendary twin founders of Rome, 1533: 879: 322: 291:
Also under the legion were five auxiliary units, a cavalry wing, two cohorts of
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Konsuln und Konsulare in der Zeit von Commodus bis Severus Alexander
86:) in AD 74 and remained in Hispania to the end of the 4th century. 374:, that after the invasions of 409 AD in Iberia became part of the 243:, near the gold mines to supervise and escort its imperial trains. 208:
The legion had units stationed at their extended fortified camps:
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Somewhere unknown in the north of Portugal near their gold mines.
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calls the legion "Galbiana", to distinguish it from the senior
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Military units and formations established in the 1st century
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II Wing, Flavia Hispanorum civium romanorum, cantoned in
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Orelli, no. 3496, 182; no. 4815; Gruter, p. 365, no. 7.
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La Historia de León, Vol. 1: Prehistoria y Edad Antigua
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Map of the Iberian Peninsula in 125 AD, under emperor
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In the inscriptions the legion has the surnames of "
103:with one of the German legions, not improbably the 999:ii. 11, 67, 86, iii. 7, 10, 21-25, iv. 39; Inscr. 219:, under the direct command of the governor of the 62:to take part in his rebellion against the emperor 940:(in Spanish). Universidad de León. p. 192. 1119:, (Amsterdam: Verlag Gieben, 1989), p. 375 932:Rabanal Alonso, Manuel Abilio (coord.) (1999). 1207: 78:. The legion was deployed in the city called 8: 370:Roman province grew into an important city, 317:Equitata civium romanorum, cantoned within 1214: 1200: 1192: 424: 35:province, from 75 AD until the 4th century 826:Quintus Hedius Rufus Lollianus Gentianus 1144:Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography 924: 548:Gnaeus Lucius Terentius Homullus Junior 332:Equitata civium romanorum, cantoned at 46:for "The Twins' Seventh Legion") was a 1619:60s establishments in the Roman Empire 1161: 1150: 192:LEG. VII. 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Hadrian
León, Spain
Hispania Tarraconensis
Latin
legion
Imperial Roman army
Hispania
Galba
Nero
Romulus
Remus
she-wolf
León, Spain
Tacitus
Legio VII Claudia
Vespasian
Legio I Germanica
Trajan
Pannonia
Legio VI Victrix
Legio X Gemina
Germania
Antonine Itinerary
Ptolemy
Notitia Imperii
Tarragona
Greek
Alexander Severus
Tarraco

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