Talk:Legio VII Gemina

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography by William Smith (1856).

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Legio VII Gemina article.
Please sign and date your posts by typing four tildes (`~~~~`). Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic. New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Ask questions, get answers. This is not a forum for general discussion about the article's subject.	Be polite Assume good faith No personal attacks Be welcoming	Article policies No original research Neutral point of view Verifiability

This article is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical task forces. To use this banner, please see the full instructions.

Start

This article has been rated as Start-Class on the quality scale.

Additional information and associated task forces:

	This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-Class status: Referencing and citation: criterion not met Coverage and accuracy: criterion not met Structure: criterion not met Grammar: criterion met Supporting materials: criterion not met
Associated task forces (periods and conflicts):
	Classical warfare task force (c. 700 BC–c. 500 AD)

[edit] Gamma

ΛΕΤ. Ζ. ΔΙΔύμη,

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

[edit] 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